View towards glacier

South Island - Take 2...

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December 5th 2008
Visiting parents presented the perfect excuse to revisit the beautiful South Island. This time we took a slightly different route to fit in some of the places we missed last time. Our journey began with a slightly scary descent between the mountains into Queenstown. From there we headed out to Lord of the Rings country for a horse trek around the mountain flats, crossing rivers galore and so ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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