TE-ANAU-01

Te Anau to Queenstown

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September 25th 2006
Today was the last day in Te Anau. Our see-kayaking trip was canceled by the kayak company so we made the best of it by taking a hike along a river. The trail we were on was used for a scene in the Lord of the Rings. There was a carpet of green vegetation on everything -the ground, the trees, the rocks. It seemed like a good place for a hobbit anyway. The hike ended at a small lake. In the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Curio Bay

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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