Aoraki/Mount Cook

On our way to Aoraki/Mount Cook

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October 24th 2007
It's not a great night sleep - perhaps too warm from the heaters we left on to dry our clothes - and traffic noise ensures we don't sleep too late. Our clothes aren't totally dry and we head to the laundry. Over breakfast it starts pouring and it doesn't stop not even when we visit nearby Arrowtown. Arrowtown is a pioneer village built in the 1860s after gold was found in Arrow River. The tow ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook 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