Mt Roy Hike

Wanaka

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December 1st 2006
Beautiful Wanaka. After three days in Queenstown I took a bus to Wanaka. I wasn't sure what I would be doing there and Im still not sure exactly what I did there but I was there for 3.5 weeks....almost a month and I loved it. I spent some time at the YHA hostel and became good friends with a girl named Rachel who I ended up spending Christmas with. I lived in a really nice house with a kiwi co ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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