Queenstown and Milford Sound

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February 5th 2014
We left Dunedin in glorious sunshine to travel to Queenstown. The scenery varied as we went along from familiar English type countryside with big trees and fields full of sheep and cows, and within a few miles the road changed and we were going through narrow mountain gorges with the road twisting and turning around sharp bends. It then changed to high fertile plains growing all sorts of fruits an ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more