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Among the mountains

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November 30th 2010
Made it. Am breathing under the Remarkables again. Another early start yesterday, a smooth flight to Christchurch where I managed to find a screen showing the last day of the first ashes test (replay) while I waited for the next flight. Flight to Queenstown was magical. We rose above the clouds and I jumped out of my (south-facing) window seat as soon as the seatbelt light went off and parke ... 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