'Mount Doom'

Lord of the Springs

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April 30th 2007
Ok, Ok we admit it, we have fallen hopelessly behind with our blog, so prepare for a whistlestop tour of the end of the South Island travels and our recent zoom around the North Island. Seatbelts on... After Fox glacier, and a glance at the Franz Josef glacier through torrential rain and clouds of descending mist, we headed across the top on the South Island to Kaikoura - famous for it's marin ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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