Lake Pukake

Drive to Christchurch

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February 8th 2007
Drove the final leg to Christchurch. We stopped off at a couple of fantastic lake. Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukake (Hope I got the names correct). Arrived in Christchurch in the late afternoon and checked into the Crowne Plaza for 3 nights! Ate on Oxford Terrace by the river and then watched 'Stranger than Fiction' - Good film ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury Plains

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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