the river

around Westport

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February 20th 2008
Spent 2 nights here, and last night watched the sun go down over the sea as the nearly full moon rose behind me! We walked up an old railway yesterday , that was built up to a coal mine in the hills. Goodness knows how they built it - it was hard enough on the path. there were waterfalls, rock falls, tunnels and rock arches all through the gorge, and a couple of swing bridges (not only do they swi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Westport

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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