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New Zealand - South Island - Franz Josef

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March 13th 2015
Hi everyone, just come back from walking to the Franz Josef Glacier. It was an hour and a half to two hours return so it was fine, didn't have to take any ropes or pickaxe's !! Stu and I dressed up for the occasion, well it was going to be freezing right by a Glacier ! Crikey, by the time we came down we were sweating buckets !! I had gloves, scarf and a 3rd fleece in my back pack, I have no idea ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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