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Twizel and Cromwell - River deep, mountain high?

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January 19th 2016
We were intending a circular route round South Island; well, it had worked for Tasmania so why not here? Our initial stop in the Twizel area was due to its proximity to Mount Cook. Twizel is pronounced 'Tw-eye-zle' but Steve recalled a TV puppet show (must have been before my time because I had no recollection of it at all) featuring a character called Twizzle and that was more amusing so we refer ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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