Day 26 - Lake Tekapo, and Drive to Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, South Island, NZ 13. Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo

Day 26 - Lake Tekapo, and Drive to Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, South Island, NZ

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December 14th 2013
Saturday 14th December, 2013. Lake Tekapo, and Drive to Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, South Island, NZ As mentioned in yesterday's blog, Lake Tekapo is a place of exceptional beauty and clarity. The remarkable blue colour of the lake is caused by 'rock flour' i.e finely ground particles of rock brought down by the glaciers at the head of the lake and held in suspension in the melt water. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Akaroa

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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