National Geographic Power Stance

Mount Cook

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February 8th 2008
We camped inside the Mount Cook National Park grounds, before doing a day of hiking towards the famous Mountain itself in the Hooker Valley. As we are not trained mountaineers we were not allowed to pick our way up the side of the mountain itself, but we did manage to complete a hike right through the national park, across the glacier valley, over swingbridges and then up to the foot of the mount ... 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