mud and our guide

Greymouth to Franz Josef

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February 12th 2009
We were planning to do a heli hike on Franz but as usual it was raining and very cloudy. We set off at 8am for a town called Hokitika which is famous for New Zealand Greenstone the jade is carved into a number of shapes which have special meaning in Maori. Next on to a town called Ross which is an old gold mining town. The town still sits on huge amount of gold but it can’t be mined because of ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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