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The Blue Pools

Wanaka

December 6th 2015
We left Fox Glacier with barely a glance backwards and headed southward down State Highway 6. We must have crossed at least a hundred single lane bridges before we pulled in for the evening. I believe that their only purpose was to keep drivers from drifting off due to the tedium of the road. For at least one hundred kilometres we passed nothing but trees. No settlements (not even an isolated hous ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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