Lake Wannaka

Lake Wanaka

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February 3rd 2008
Date visited: 3-4 February The journey to Lake Wannaka led us away from the west coast and inland via the Haast Pass. The mountains and lakes on the journey were as ever jaw dropping.. If these were covered in snow this would be even more spectacular. The road winded its way through the mountains - as away from it all as ever and again with hardly any cars en-route. The clouds from the West ... 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