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New Zealand - South Island - QUEENSTOWN

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March 9th 2015
Weeeeeeee have arrived in HEAVEN !! Oh my, the scenery and the accommodation. I'm speechless. I will start with the scenery, absolutely breathtaking, I now have so many photos of what is around us, the light keeps changing so I take another. Every time I look out at the mountains, they change, the colour, the way they look and even the atmosphere. We had an enjoyable car ride to Queenstown, too ... 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