Learning my lesson in Shanty Town

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March 18th 2014
Tuesday 11th On the road again today and the sky is brilliant blue and sunny. We’re on the way to Queenstown. The scenery is huge rugged mountains and wide U shaped valleys that remind me of my A level geography work. Around lunch time we reach Kingston at the bottom end of Lake Wakatipu and it’s a beautiful spot. We drive on a short way and find a large lay bye on the lake sho ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Punakaiki

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

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