Mount Cook YHA

Day 65, Mount Cook (Aoraki)

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March 26th 2007
Was an early start for us this morning, 5.30am. We packed up and left to catch our 7.15 bus to mount cook. Mount cook (Aoraki) is the highest mountain in the whole of Australasia. It is south of Christchurch and more inland. Our bus journey was comfortable and civilised - unlike steve and jens kiwi experience which sounds like one big orgey! However, our bus driver did like the sound of his ow ... 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