Mount Cook

New Zealand - Week 3

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March 10th 2013
Lake Tekapo, Queenstown and the Routeburn Track I got the coach from Christchurch, which took my to my first destination in the southern half of the South Island, Queenstown. On the way, we stopped at the very blue Lake Tekapo. Queenstown is a very touristy town, in which New Zealanders are a minority, apparently. Despite this, the lake front and general setting is picture perfec ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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