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Into the Underworld

The Nile River carved these cliffs and all of the caverns in them. This is where we caught the Rainforest Train.
Rainforest Caves in the Land of Pounamu

November 5th 2005
NOTE: I have been a bad blogger! I have let my blog get out of date, but the next few blogs should bring everyone up to date and bring an end to my journey through New Zealand and back to America. I last left you in Hamner Springs on my way to Westport. Westport was not originally one of my planned destinations, but, short of backtracking to Christchurch, which I didn't want to do, We ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

New Zealand Flag 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
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