View over Queenstown & Remarkables

NEW ZEALAND - SOUTH ISLAND 2010

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February 15th 2014
In September 2010, we headed to New Zealand's beautiful south island, only a week or two after the big earthquake that rocked Christchurch. We hired a car in Christchurch and headed for Queenstown where we rented a house overlooking the lake and mountains. On the way there, we climbed the Lindis Pass, where the kids got to see some snow. We then stopped to visit the Church of the Good Shepherd ... 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