Our first night on the Kepler Track

Beautiful Fiordland

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March 23rd 2007
Our next few blogs will mainly be about the stunning mountains of New Zealand - definitely the highlight of our whole trip! It is very hard to capture such grand scenery on a lens (especially with our limited photographic skills!) but we took millions of photos of Fiordland and the Southern Alps anyway! Queenstown After Christchurch we headed inland to the mountains of Fiordland wher ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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