Mount Cook

The remainder of New Zealand

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November 28th 2011
Sunday 20thNovember – Doubtful Sound tour – this starts with a one hour boat trip across lake Manapouri followed by a visit to the hydro electric plant built into the mountain – a great feat of engineering – we have visited a similar set up in Snowdonia Wales that was more spectacular (you saw more) but this was built with no roads to it (all equipment, men etc. had to be shipped in), i ... 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