On the Glaciers

New Zealand - Dash around South Island

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March 30th 2005
*Day 1: Arrived in Dunedin Fri eve with my plane landing in the middle of a field full of cattle, bit like home. I tracked Dave down at our hostel, the Kiwi Nest,and went for a nice meal. This was after I realised my aussie mobile doesn't work overseas, and had trekked around town, which included a visit to the wrong hostel the otherside of town! Twas fun. *Day 2:[ ... 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