Arrowtown ... more wild west than wild new zealand!

Arrowtown

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November 15th 2016
Following our "adventure" on the coast we headed inland yesterday via Gore (quick caffeine stop in an attempt to sooth the frayed nerves), on to a pretty little place called Arrowtown. Developed in the 1800's due to gold mining in the area, it has a feel of an American town. Tree lined residential streets with clean, sharp lines of modern architecture, in contrast to the quaint high street with p ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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