Stewart Island

Skiing, tramping tramps and roadtrips

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August 26th 2006
The last thing on my list to do in Queenstown was skiing and fortunately it dumped the night before I was planning to go so the conditions were excellent, altough the light was the worst I've ever seen on the first day which was a bit scary considering the Kiwis inabaility to mark the pistes in any way. Came very close on a couple of occasions to falling off small cliffs, still it made it more exc ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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