Met Aoife in Queenstown

New Zealand ... Christchurch to Mt Cook

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March 6th 2015
Arrived in Christchurch NZ after a 3 hour flight from Melbourne. Crickey its cold here only 21 degrees, bloody freezing !!! One night in a hotel before we pick up the camper, this is the law. We took a bus trip around Christchurch and there are still people not living in their homes after the 2011 earthquake. The city was a building site as new buildings were being built and older ones that s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hamilton

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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