Rapids!

Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th February

---

February 15th 2009
Hello, I didn't quite know how to title this one as we were still very much in Queenstown this morning and if not in body then mind but are now in Geraldine where we are staying the night before going White Water Rafting on the Rangitata River. Got back yesterday to find out that the rest of the crew had booked us on a twenty dollar pub crawl as it was our last night altogether! So tired bu ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Geraldine

---

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