Waterfalls somewhere in the mountains between Haast and Makarora

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Musical Chairs in Makarora & on to Wanaka and Queenstown

March 15th 2007
When we left Franz Josef on the wednesday morning the weather was if possible even worse than the day we'd arrived, it was feezing and the rain was really coming down. It was so cold that it was snowing up at the top of the mountains rather than raining so at least we did wake up to snow capped mountains surrounding the whole town, which made it look lovely even if the weather was awful. We made ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Makarora

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

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