Te Anau

Back once again with the renegade master (Queenstown)

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April 14th 2009
Currently pretty pumped having just done my bungy jump. more on that later. Soooo, Invercargill was a hole. Then we headed to Te Anau. It was a wet miserable day to start off with, so we all decided against the farm show and didn't really fancy posing with any stone Wales, which we were assured travellers usually wanted to do. But we did visit Henry the oldest living Tuatara (150ish I think). ... 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