Milford Sounds

South Island Part 2

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January 8th 2007
Queenstown cont... We pre-empted that New Years Day would be painful, so none of us were shocked when our hangovers became a reality. Lay in bed for half the day, occassionally surfacing to make food. Eventually, we pulled ourselves together and staggered to the video store to hire Lord of the Rings, and the rest of the day was spent in the TV room watching both the first and the second ever so f ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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