Mount Cook as taken from the Hooker Valley walk

K and Patsy's Road to Somewhere!

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February 25th 2007
Off to the South Island Well Friday was my last day at work, last day at GVN, last day in Petone and after 6 months I was leaving Wellington. I can't believe I have been six months in New Zealand. It really has flown by. But then when I think what I have been doing 6 months doesn't seem like enough time to fit it all in. So Friday I flew down to Christchurch, can I just tell you tha ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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