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lake Wanaka from Mt Iron  
   

lake Wanaka from Mt Iron

Wanaka, wine and wackiness

January 24th 2010
What a hectic day. We left Te Anau soon after 7 in a deluge but having learnt that unlike back home this doesn't mean anything for the rest of the day we chased snippets of blue sky back towards QT and then the Central Otago wine trail - the home of the best Pinot Noirs. There are over 100 wineries to choose from but we agreed to limit it to 3 stop offs today. Gibbston Valley was the first and bes ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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