Lake Wanaka

Wanaka and Queenstown

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December 10th 2008
Still heading south, past Fox glacier and Lake Matheson, famous for it's mirror reflections of the mountains on a clear day - it was cloudy when we got there though, so no sign of Aoraki/Mount Cook (NZs highest peak). We drove down the coast for a while before turning inland and following the Haast River up to the Haast Pass and onto Wanaka. The scenery just takes your breath away, and the further ... 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