Deep gorges

TranzAlpine Railway Journey

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May 9th 2010
Geo: -40.9006, 174.886One of the highlights of visiting Christchurch is to take the TranzAlpine train from Christchurch to Greymouth and that was what we did on 9th May. The journey went through some amazing scenery – towering, majestic mountains and vertigo-inducing river gorges. The three-and-a-half-hour journey to Moana was one fabulous view after another. The highest point is Arthur ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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