Franz Joseph

Franz Josef: Our First Glacier

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May 3rd 2012
Franz Josef is a small town no bigger than Killybegs that has a huge draw card – the beauty of snow-capped peaks looming over the alpine themed landscapes at ground level with a huge glacier hidden between them.<span><span><span>Visiting the glacier was always on my bucket list for NZ, I don’t know why apart from I saw other people’s photos and thought it looked special. 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