Janine in a little ice cave

We're still having a whale of a time in NZ

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February 26th 2008
We left Queenstown and headed north and west through the mountains to the south island's west coast again, this time to Glacier country. The Fox and Franz Josef glaciers are on NZ's west coast and are a couple of bigguns that are part of a select band of glacier's (only 1% worldwide) that are currently advancing as opposed to retreating. We decided to do an all day trek on the Fox (Franz Josef i ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Napier

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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