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Welcome To Wanaka

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December 16th 2006
Hello Everyone, after leaving Franz Joesf we headed to Wanaka which was a fairly long drive down the west coast. We stopped off at a place called Roaring Billy Falls which was a waterfall which went into a river. When we got there our driver LJ drove the Kiwi bus right down next to the river which was sourounded by lots and lots of stones. LJ said that someone must have turned the tap off for the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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