Southern Alps

New Zealand, Part 2: South Island, continued

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April 14th 2018
The rain we missed in Kaikoura caught up to us in Hanmer Springs. Not a problem, though - I just about lived at the thermal springs, even in the rain. My new addiction - thermal hot springs. My addiction started in Iceland, and hasn’t gone away. “The North Island of New Zealand is loaded with volcanoes, and hot pools are a very pleasant side effect of all this subterranean angst. In the South ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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