Queenstown

Queenstown, Wanaka and Franz Josef

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January 13th 2007
Another few days have passed since we updated our blog. We have been busy. We headed to Queenstown from Te Anau and Milford Sound and met up with Tabs' Mum, who was there for a day or so. The weather was good and so all of Queenstown's many activities were running. The three of us took the shotover jet (power boat through a narrow canyon), whitewater rafting (down New Zealands longest commerci ... 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