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Day 83

January 22nd 2011
The next leg of our journey was planned to go down through Queenstown and on to Te Anau, but this journey got shortened as we found heaps to do on the way. First of all, we went to an old gold mine, we just spotted it en route to Queenstown and stopped in. They did guided tours which included gold panning which was something we really both fancied trying, just in case we could replace our bad luc ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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