Milford Sound

New Zealand - South Island Update

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January 11th 2007
After the Waitomo Caves and Black Rafting Ride on the Tum Tum Tooing Tour, Bob and I returned to Auckland and got our flights down to Queenstown. The booking in and flying around the Australias is so much quicker, easier and relaxing than in England and Europe! Anyway we arrive in Queenstown to lovely sunny weather, pick up our car and travel to our first stop the Colonial Village Motel overlo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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