Low cloud over Christchurch

PP-DN 14/10/11

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October 14th 2011
PP-DN We started off hesitant about whether we were going to be able to make it all the way to Queenstown, where we were booked in for our first stop. At our first full stop in Omaka we could see towering cumulus clouds forming up high. This restricted us to flying about 1000 ft and only occasionally managing to get a bit higher. We followed the coast all the way down stopping at Kaikoura, Ash ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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