Fantail Falls

The West Coast

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May 2nd 2006
Since my last update, I have sadly left the Queenstown region and made my way up the West Coast, seeing many great and wonderous things. What's so great about NZ is that one minute you can be near a glacier, then 10 minutes down the road you're in a rainforest! After leaving Wanaka, I drove through one of the many mountain passes through to the West Coast. Gladly, there was no snow or rain to c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

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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