Approaching Mt cook National Park

Geeeze it's cold!!

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December 19th 2008
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Yes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr was ye old sound that came from my lips up in those cold mountains!!!!!!! So we rolled up in Mt Cook national park to a breeze so cold it would turn the devil himself blue! Nic - Out came all the layers and the wooly hat again.....It's so difficult to keep up here, one minute you have blazing hot sunshine and the next it's the middle of ... 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