Walking on the ice

Walking on ice

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March 9th 2006
Now that I am working in one of a handful of hotels in the township, I will be staying in Fox Glacier until the end of the busy tourist season, about the second week of May. The town is so small with the number of permanent village residents at 255, and basically just caters for the tourists that are travelling through, and they often don't stay longer than one night. Therefore the job in the hot ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Glaciers

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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