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• Aoraki/Mt Cook New Zealand History Information, Historical Places in Aoraki/Mt Cook NZ

  …Mt Cook by European settlers. In 1998 the mount was renamed to Aoraki/Mt Cook to incorporate its Maori heritage. The mountain itself is a sky-scraping 3,754 metres tall. It has been climbed several times by different mountaineers, including the famous Sir Edmund Hillary. Steeped in history and legend,…

  
  
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• South Island History Information & Historical Places New Zealand

  …Hermitage, Mt Cook, looking out to the mountains Hillary climbed. Historic Dunedin First Church, Dunedin Photographer: Kieran Scott (www.kieranscott.co.nz) The known history of Dunedin dates back as far as 1100 AD with the arrival of the Maori to the area. Some 600 hundred years later Captain Cook stepped…

  
  
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• Canterbury New Zealand Scenic Highlights, Attractions in Canterbury NZ

  …beautiful Lake Pukaki right into the park. Mount Cook Village lies at the end of the road, just below the terminals of the Hooker and Mueller Glaciers. Aoraki/Mt Cook, Canterbury Photographer: Gareth Eyres (www.exposure.co.nz) According to Maori legend, Aoraki and his three brothers were the sons of Rakinui…

  
  
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• South Island Regional Information & Travel Information New Zealand

  …Aoraki/Mount Cook being the highest point at 3,754 metres (12,316 feet) above sea level. The island was named 'Te Waka a Maui' by the Maori as according to legend, the South Island is 'Maui's Canoe' that he used to fish the North Island out of the sea from. It is also known by the Maori as 'Te Wai Pounamu'…

  
  
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• West Coast New Zealand History Information, Historical Places in West Coast NZ

  …wild West Coast has legends and stories from the past that cling to every feature of the landscape. Explore the history of West Coast, see evidence of the West Coast's wild history in the glaciers carved into the terrain, in the historic gold mining towns and in the Maori legends. History information…

  
  
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• South Island Scenic Highlights & Places to See New Zealand

  …septarian concretions formed about 65 million years ago. These boulders lie scattered along a beach 40 kilometres south of Oamaru. According to Maori legend, the boulders are gourds washed from the great voyaging canoe Araiteuru when it was wrecked upon landfall in New Zealand some 1000 years ago. Fox…

  
  
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