Te Anau to Milford Sound

6.8 metres!

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January 21st 2007
...is how much rain falls at Milford Sound in a year. During an average January, the fjord will be on the receiving end of 717mm of rain, or 25%!m(MISSING)ore than London's yearly dose! It's very, very wet around her - certainly the wettest place in New Zealand, and for its altitude one of the wettest in the world. We were lucky in Doubtful Sound - will we be so lucky again as we visit Milford, Do ... 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