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My Long Way Down

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May 30th 2008
Yesterday, I spent the day in Te Anau, having been dropped off the night before. I got up for the 10am check-out, but stayed around to eat breakfast. I put my stuff in a locker and headed out for my walk. My first port of call was the DOC Visitors centre, just to check the walk route and to let them know of my intentions, as apparently you are meant to! I decided to walk to Brod Bay, on the other ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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