On a Glacier

Totally Extreme!!!!!

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March 12th 2009
Totally Extreme!!! ☺ I',m sitting in the departure lounge of Christchurch airport, writing about the last week in New Zealand. We left Kaikoura and drove and drove and drove, until we reached a place called Twizel, which had an awesome park - in fact it had 2. We stayed by like Tekapo which is GREEN! The reason it is so green is because when the glaciers came down is gouged out the lake's ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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