Journey to Queenstown

Weekend in Wanaka

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January 2nd 2013
We are starting to feel so at home that we decided to do a few chores today only they weren't chores for us. After breakfast and smoko which is Rob and Amanda's term for meeting to have a coffee, the morning ritual, we went food shopping then Steve helped Amanda with sprucing up the barbeque and they then both got stuck in to the gardening. I then joined them. We got a bit carried away enjoying do ... 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