Lake Wakatipu

Queenstown and Wanaka

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November 11th 2006
Back to Otago: Queenstown Arriving in Queenstown after so much untamed wilderness in Fiordland, we felt like we’d hit a bustling, over-commercialised metropolis….by NZ standards, at any rate! The town seems to be full of 20-something Brits, although it’s still a relatively quiet time of year there. The downside to this tourist mecca is that the prices seem to be several notches higher tha ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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