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To Queenstown

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February 14th 2010
Back in Auckland, After hitting the bus lines hard and traveling to Queenstown from Lake Tekapo and back to Christchurch with a hop in the midst consisting of a plane flight to Auckland I have made it through my New Zealand adventure. I now sit in a hostel/hotel watching the winter Olympics awaiting my plane flight early tomorrow morning back to Sydney and back to the heat! Upon Eva (German ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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