PeterPopper - Franz Josef Glacier Trek

Three... Two... One... Bungy!

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December 19th 2006
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dogs and cats, sheep, frogs, ravers, club kids, goats, old folk, homeless people, famous people, the cabbage water crew, alien beings and anyone else out there reading this! Dr Popper here! Welcome to my final New Zealand Blog and my return to the glorious South Island! As much as I loved the North Island, the South is that little bit more speci ... 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