Bob at the foot of Fox glacier

28th January 2008

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January 28th 2008
28th January 2008 Today we left Hokitika and moved further south to Franz Josef a very small village in the shadow of the glacier. The main purpose of today was to get a helicopter ride up Aoraki/Mount Cook and see the Franz Josef glacier and Fox glacier. When we left about 7-30am it was fairly overcast and there was some doubt about whether we would be able to fly at all. When we arrived at th ... read more

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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