Mount Cook National Park

Mount Cook & Oamaru

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March 12th 2009
The drive to Mount Cook (the largest mountain in NZ standing at about 4000m) was pretty long. We stopped along the way at Lake Tekapo, it was not the picture perfect scene, there was a lot of low cloud meaning you could not see the mountains in the background but with a little imagination it looked great!!! Tonight was the first night of Nibby cooking for 7 days and we head baked fish. Lovely onl ... 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