TranzAlpine Rail Trip

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November 2nd 2014
Took the TranzAlpine rail route from Christchurch up into the Southern Alps then through a mountain tunnel to emerge on the western side.<br style="color:� font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />The scenery was stunning; starting on the lower Canterbury plain ... 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