Getting Ready to Go!

Mueller Hut

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November 13th 2009
Gregg and Graham's big adventure with Ken and Brayden Dovestone - Nov 2009 This was a big one off the checklist of New Zealand adventures and one that they had tried to do several times before but the weather prohibited it. It is a bit challenging to write about it myself, as I was not there and Gregg and Graham don't seem to have the time to write. But the pictures say it all! This was a Fath ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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