Lake Matheson, Mount Cook and Tasman

Enchanting South Island

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February 19th 2005
WHEW! Per my sister's request, I'm adding a very short entry....It's been a crazy couple of last weeks trying to see everything here. I just got back from trekking on the Milford and Routeburn Tracks in Fiordland in the South Island. It was absolutely fantastic and beyond beautiful. I can't really describe how great it was to be surrounded by such intense green and glacier water and mountains and ... 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