Waiting for the parade in Arrowtown

Hostelling around the South Island with my Parents

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March 29th 2009
My parents have just returned to the States after an exciting 6 week visit to New Zealand. They arrived at the peak of summer (February), having dug out their summer clothes.........and after their arrival it suddenly became rather cold here, necessitating a few trips to the Waimate Factory Store for wool sweaters and the like!! However, by the time they departed in March,it had become quite balm ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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