Stunning colour of water

The stunning colour is glacier ice melt. The milky colour comes from the rock that the glacier has ground down to particles that hang in the water.

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Hokitika Gorge

March 20th 2007
This was a very worthwhile detour off the main road from Greymouth (Blog: Greymouth / Buller Gorge / Punakaiki) to Franz Josef (SH6), but probably only if you haven't already seen the incredibly blue waters of lakes Pukaki or Tekapo (we hadn't yet). A detour it is however, about 30 minutes each way. After being wowed by the Blue Lake of Mt. Gambier in Australia (Blog: Mt. Gambier and the Blue La ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hokitika

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

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