at the top of the pass

Town of gold - Arrowtown

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March 24th 2008
Leaving Queenstown, we drove up to Arrowtown for a few hours on the way to the next stop, which is Wanaka. Its a pretty little town, built on the goldrush and golden now for the colours of the trees, as we approach autumn. They have restored some of the old miners cottages and also rebuilt some shacks that the Chinese gold diggers lived in - rather smaler than the Europeans homes! It was a bit bu ... read more

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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