Haast River

West Coast 2 - 1/2 Mar

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March 6th 2009
Last time we travelled down the W Coast we stopped to see the Franz Joseph and Fox glaciers but it was too cloudy to see the mountains. This time it was too wet and cloudy to see the glaciers either! We compensated by going to watch a short film shot from helicopters showing amazing views of the mountains, glaciers, rivers and lakes. Stopped south of Haast on site at Okuru near the beach - ... 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