Jet boat in Shotover gorge

31st January 2008

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January 31st 2008
31st January 2008 Today started off overcast and grey with a few light showers first thing and a chilly 14 degrees. As the day has gone on the weather has cleared as the sun has come out and we are now enjoying 26 degrees. We have driven the 70 kms from Wanaka are now in Queenstown, the tourist centre of the South Island. In the winter this is a major ski town and has all the appropriate shops. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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