Milford sound 1

The beautiful South - New Zealand

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February 12th 2011
Wow!! We had arrived in New Zealand and from the moment we touched down we knew this was going to be an amazing country to travel in and we loved it from the very start. We picked up our rented car which we had for the next 18 days as the plan was to travel from Queenstown in the South Island to Auckland in the North Island. Little did we know when we started the day that it was going to on ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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