Lake Tekapo

Looking Up & Falling Down

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January 18th 2007
From Dunedin we started to make a bit of a marathon journey to reach the north island in two days. Naturally the first stop for the bus was the steepest bloomin street in the world - agh, we couldnt believe the bus took us there, all that walking for nothing! Anyway, onwards and outwards back into the beautiful scenery NZ has to offer. The bus journeys in the south island constantly provided ... read more

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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