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Mt Cook and Queenstown

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February 23rd 2019
Yesterday we hiked several trails in the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park! Simply amazing! The Tasman Glacier is receding and recently the glacial lake has filled up with icebergs that covered the lake the day we were there! Today/Sunday we walked around Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. Next we took a gondola ride up to an incredible view of the city. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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