Hector and David

Mount Cook in the clouds

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March 12th 2009
March 10th Since leaving Dunedin we had some lovely weather - the first sustained period of lovely warm sunny days since our first week. David is now wearing shorts and we have hopefully put away our thicker jumpers. We’ve seen the big boulders on Moeraki beach and been to Twizel. It’s the starting point to go up the approach to Aoraki/Mount Cook. We were told in Twizel - in glorious sunshine ... 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