Lake Tekapo to Dunedin

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February 2nd 2014
Kia Ora ( Hello and welcome) On Friday we left Christchurch to travel to Lake Tekapo and it was cloudy. The journey took us through some wonderful countryside again and we stopped wherever we could to take in the views. We travelled across the Canterbury plains and over the Rakaia River via the longest bridge in New Zealand. The fields were full of sheep and cows and there appeared to be ma ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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