View of Hanmer Springs from our holiday house

Hanmer Springs

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November 2nd 2008
We're knackered. Exhausted and barely able to stay awake at 8pm. But its a good, worn out, had a fantastic week-end kind of tired. Hanmer Springs is beautiful & spectacular - something we've already come to expect from New Zealand. It was Mark's birthday yesterday and to celebrate a group of us headed north for the week-end. An hour and half later we were in Hanmer Springs, famous since the 19 ... 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