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Thursday 5/2/15 Franz Josef to Queenstown.

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February 17th 2015
Thursday 5/2/15 Franz Josef to Queenstown.<br style="color:𶐎 font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color:𶐎 font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;" />Fairly long journey today about 4.5 hours, along the coast for a bit then inland and a 'shortcut' along a river valley ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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