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Walking in Mt Cook Glacier - Tears in Christchurch - Matchbox Moment in Akoroa

March 25th 2014
Friday 21st March - checked out of our wonderful luxurious Hermitage Hotel and drove to the end of Hooker Valley where the Mt Cook glacier walk started. A lot of low cloud when we set off so none of the mountains visible at all however we hadn't gone far before the clouds started lifting and we were catching glimpses of the snowy mountain tops and before long there was Mt Cook directly above u ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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