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Queenstown continued

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March 6th 2011
Edited to add: The video of us doing the luge run On to the next day in Queenstown. Not really a great deal was planned for today as we have an early start the next day to get over to Milford Sound and then back to Te Anau. The one activity we did have on the planner though was the gondolas up to the top of the peak overlooking Queenstown and then the rather thrilling luge rides back ... 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