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Glacier world

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May 26th 2007
Hi folks us again (you must be fed up of us by now), Anyway since my very exciting time in Nelson we have moved on again. We left Nelson and headed for the west coast of NZ. This is a place where lets just say there is not much about other than the most amazing scenery you have ever seen. The west coast is very isolated and remote due the conditions it faces. The weather when we hit the coast ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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