How blue are the lakes

The South Island Tour

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January 9th 2008
Hello again, Following my sisters comments about my spelling I have decided to do this in word so I can use spell check !! Travel blogg does not have a built in spell check ! If only I had taken more notice at school maybe my spelling would be better. We arrived back in Rangiora yesterday evening after our bust 2000 kms trip around the lower half of South Island. It is a cross between the Ca ... 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