Mirror Lakes on the road to Milford

South Island Tour Pt 3 - Te Anau and Milford Sound

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July 17th 2007
Kia Ora, readers. I’m last taking a moment to knock up the final blog from our South Island trip of almost 5 months ago now! From Queenstown we headed down the road to Te Anau, the gateway to the spectacular Fiordland National Park, which is the largest national park in NZ and forms part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area as designated by the United Nations. There are 15 fiords in th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park

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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