Kea

Action Man and his wife visit the fiords!

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February 27th 2009
Feb 26th Since we last logged on we’ve been to the wilds and back! We haven’t been any where to get any possible internet connection. We drove from Queenstown - a lively place with lots of shops and bars & restaurants and places togo Jet water rafting, sky parachuting and the like! to Manapauri. We had enquired about an overnight cruise on Doubtful sound at Queenstown and were told the earli ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park » Doubtful Sound

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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