Lake Tekapo

Sleepless on the South Island

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June 15th 2006
Our time on New Zealand's South Island has been mainly spent on buses. We really didn't plan this leg of the trip particularly well. Two weeks is not long enough to try and do an entire country. We have visited Christchurch (1 night), Queenstown (3 nights), Franz Josef Glacier (2 nights), and Nelson (1 night), in that time we have had 3 days which haven't involved bus journeys, and 4 days which ... 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