Haast Pass

Haast Pass & Sandflies

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January 15th 2004
After leaving Jackson I hammer up the superb roads towards Queenstown. The roads and scenery are great but very twisty and hard work so there is no way I will make Queenstown tonight so its another night in the sticks for me. The road goes on forever and I feel guilty because it deserves more respect as it twists and bucks left and right as it gauges its way though the rock and the Haast Valley. ... 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