Wanaka, Fox Glacier, Haast, Milford Sound, Caitlins & Dunedin Peninsula
April 16th 2007 From the Abel Tasman area we headed East to Queen Charlotte Sound. To be more specific, we headed towards the Portage Hotel. While we camped in a free DOC site without a bathroom, straight across the road was a rambling hotel overlooking the water. For all practical purposes (including sink showers) we stayed at the hotel, reading the paper on the porch in the mornings and sipping champagne in th
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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 
