Gouland Downs

HEAPHY TRACK

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February 6th 2011
New Zealand has a bunch of "Great Walks" maintained by DoC (Department of Conservation).The Great Walks are the department's premier walking tracks, through areas of some of the best scenery in the country. One of these, in fact the longest of them all at 82kms is the Heaphy Track, which runs from close to Collingwood on Golden Bay at the north of the South Island, and the Kohaihai River just nort ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kahurangi National Park

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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