Pancake Rocks

Update

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May 14th 2006
Dear All, As my last entry was more of an experiment, I'm going to expand on what I've been doing the last couple of weeks. We've been driving all sort of mountain roads in the South Island and have been to Milford Sound where we went on a boat trip. Its like lots of penisulas coming out into the sea with waterfalls falling into the protected waters everywhere and were formed from ice thousa ... 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