Lake Mahinapua to Franz Josef 12.03.10-17.03.10 646

Lake Mahinapua to Franz Josef

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March 17th 2010
We woke up and started getting ready to leave at 8am - not realising what a fight there was going to be for seats at the front of the bus - some people are so immature! First stop the Bushmans Centre in Pukekura - an insight into how people make a living on the coast through sphagnum moss, timber-milling, possum trapping and helicopter deer recovery. We went to a tour around the museum wher ... 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