Colac Bay

Invercargill to Arrowtown

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January 4th 2006
Invercargill to Bluff and Stewart Island and on to Riverton Be sure to take Route One from Invercargill to Bluff (30kms) where Route One ends. Home of the world re-known Bluff Oyster and the annual Bluff Oyster Festival. This was the first European town in the country. Still just a small community of fishermen. It is where you go to catch a boat over to Stewart Island 24 kms south. We always ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Southland

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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