Road Trip to Franz Josef June 12th 2006 At last I made it out of Queenstown - only took 11 months! So we headed up the West Coast to the glaciers. ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef 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