Hanmer Springs

Tha' she doesn't blow (or sick as an albatross )

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October 18th 2011
Flight to Christchurch is on time and we even had time to invest in the business lounge before take off! Picked up hire car and we're driving out of the airport 20 minutes after landing. Two hours up state highway 1finds us in the small coastal town of Kaikoura. Very picturesque with snow capped mountains tumbling down to the sea (do mountains 'tumble'?) Extremely good meal at the W ... read more

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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