Matheson Lake

Last NZ entry...oh and Dunedin sucked

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October 9th 2006
Hello everybody...Kia Ora! So this is our final day in NZ! 😞 We have been pretty chill over the last week..well in comparison to our lifestyle during the first 3 weeks of our trip. I'm pretty sure that I remember our last message was from Queenstown just before Ashley's birthday....so that's where I will start. QT was a great little city! It was packed with people because the ski seaso ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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