Raining in doubful sound

Fiordland NZ

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March 13th 2009
Last week I spent a few days in Fiordland national park, and did an overnight cruise on Doubtful Sound (it is a fiord, but all the fiords here had been named sounds originally). There are 14 fiords in the park, doubtful sounds is the second longest. They are all pretty remote areas, not easily accessible, even Milford sound which is the only one directly accessible by road you have to pass throu ... 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