Queen Charlotte Sound

The Queen Charlotte Track

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March 25th 2007
My last stop on the south island was one I had been long anticipating. The Queen Charlotte Track follows the arms of water and land reaching off the tip of the south island and into the Cook Strait (the body of water between the two islands). The water is the brightest of blues (almost as brilliant as my friend Jesse's eyes...if you have met him or seen pictures, you understand the comparison). T ... read more

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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