Rach '2 glasses' H.

Mt Cook to Dunedin

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February 20th 2007
Rach's blog The weather was still fine as we left our first non-powered site at Mount Cook. For the first time, I took the wheel of the campervan. I was rather nervous at first, and Ian’s gestures suggested that I was driving in the gutter, but anyway my road positioning improved, I think, and I navigated us safely to Oamaru. After laying anchor at our new campsite, we set off to explo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Oamaru

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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