Snow over Lewis Pass

South Island Road Trip, Farewell New Zealand

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July 1st 2008
This weekend has been one 5-day epic road trip around a large part of the South Island. A sort of farewell trip for Me, Max and Kd. With my rather spontaneous decision to leave New Zealand there was a large part of the South that I still hadn't seen, and Max and Kd needed a holiday. We decided that if we did a lot of driving then we could make it down the west coast, to Wanaka and back, and still ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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