Mt. Cook

The Land of Sheep- Chch to the Catlins

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February 24th 2007
Apologies for the lack of update in the last 2 weeks but man have we been moving! We arrived in Christchurch (chch) 2 Saturdays ago at about 11pm and made our way via a shuttle with 9 american law students on exchange to our hostel. On the way the driver made sure to take us past 'the strip' along the river Avon. We found out later that Chch has about 400,000 people, but there had to be 2500 ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson

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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