View of Mt Cook

Mountain Top near Mt Cook

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February 29th 2008
Our helicopter took us up for a view of Mt Cook (NZ's highest peak at 3,000 meters). Torrie arranged for the clouds to part just as we flew by. We landed on a snowfield on another mountain top just across from Mt Cook for these pictures. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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