Routeburn Falls

New Zealand, baby!

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March 9th 2007
Well, finally, I got to see New-Zealand in all its glory. Since I've been here, and even before that, I had heard time and time again how wet and rainy New-Zealand is. But for over a month all I saw was barely a couple of hours of moderate rain and drizzles here and there. Even in Fiordland, considered to be one of the wettest places on earth, I barely got a drizzle on the Milford and a just per ... read more

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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