Mt Cook

My night in a jail cell

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April 14th 2009
The drive from Queenstown to Christchurch was stunning. We passed through wide bleached grass plains banked by snowy topped mountains. The glacial waters in the lakes and streams were an incredible shade of turquoise. We stopped for a picnic lunch at such a lake with Mount Cook looming in the background. It was just a picture perfect scene. Further on as the land changed to pasture I saw ev ... 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