Makouri boulders

I heart Queenstown

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January 16th 2010
Waking up at Lake Tekapo I looked out of the window and was amazed to see that beneath all of yesterdays cloud, there was a brand new layer of snow on the top of the mountains! This may sound boring to all of you in England, but to me it was still exciting! Dave and I ventured out to walk into town, me wearing two jumpers, which I have not done since Chengdu, and visited the Church of the good She ... 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