Park

West Coast of South Island

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January 10th 2006
In Queenstown we walked a lot. Also went on a jet boat on the river - very exciting. We went from Queenstown to Wanaka - both Queenstown and Wanaka are next to lakes with mountains nearby - very pretty. After Wanaka we went to Mount Cook National Park for a couple of days. Very Beautiful area in the mountains, but it was very windy and rained a lot - we still managed to do some hiking in the ... 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