U-shaped valley

South Island - Dunedin, Milford Sound and Queenstown

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August 15th 2011
We've been really busy - as usual - so I'm a bit behind the blogs, here's the next one....... After Mount Cook we headed down to Dunedin to meet up with Tom and Linsey - who we'd met in Australia. They had messaged us to say they would be in the city in the evening so Andy and I did a bit of exploring........ We first went to the world's steepest residential street - Bal ... 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