Rachael in the helicopter

Fox Glacier

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September 14th 2006
Having finished her university course, Rachael joined me in Christchurch and we travelled across to the West Coast on the TranzAlpine train. This is often named as one of the greatest rail journeys in the world, passing through the Southern Alps, a spectacular area of snow-capped mountains ond gorges. At Greymouth we hired a car and drove to Fox Glacier where we booked ourselves on to a 'hel ... read more

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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