Fiordland

Te Anau - Fiordland National Park

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March 26th 2008
After Dunedin, we headed south to the Catlin coast. There we saw yet more beautiful scenery and more seals. Not much other than that to report! We then drove across to the South West corner of the South Island, that is the Fiordland National Park (essentially a lot of mountains that over the years had been gouged out by glaciers that have since melted and left behind the fiords). We spent a cou ... 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