Ducks going about their business on Lake Wanaka

South Island Tour Pt 1 - Twizel to Wanaka

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June 30th 2007
Kia Ora, campers!! I'm continuing my trend of blogging approximately 3 months after the event. Indeed I'm heading towards 4 months with this one. We took just over a week off work at the end of February to do our long-awaited campervan tour of the lower South Island which we’ve been dying to do since we mover here in March 2005 - yes, it was over 2 years ago. The last time we toured the ... 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