Kea eating apple core

30th January 2008

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January 30th 2008
30th January 2008 Today we drove out of Wanaka and into the Mount Aspiring National Park. We went up the West Matukituki river valley to Rasberry Creek and as we had no helicopter we had to walk up the Rob Roy stream to it's headwaters to view the Rob Roy glacier on Mount Rob Roy. After initially following the West Matukituki river we crossed to the other side by a three wire bridge to start cli ... 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