Goodbye Mt Cook

Day 66, Mount Cook to Queenstown

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March 27th 2007
Will update this entry later as it is only 10:30am! Just wanted to say thank you for everyones comments and messages! Good to hear from you Vicky Sponge and Howick! The computer at this YHA does not want to play so can't upload my photos now so will do it when we get to Queenstown this evening. To be continued later.................. Part deux: So now its 7.30pm, so i can complete todays en ... 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