Queenstown

The journey continues

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January 13th 2007
Hello again to our audience out there. We are now only a few days off finishing our trip and as such feel both happy and sad to be heading home. Having had six months off has been fantastic but it'll be a bump back down to earth once work recommences in a little under two weeks. (my heart bleeds I hear you saying!) Anyway, continuing on from above we left lovely Wanaka and headed south through ... 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