Yep! Went through Threepwood on my funnymoon! Found you this:
http://www.signalgroup.co.nz/projects/land-development/threepwood-development
Thank you jaybelnz, this is very useful. You went through it on your funnymoon, you say? Is it a remote sort of area? (It looks it). It also looks very beautiful - is it considered special in any way, or historic?
Probably a bit of both really. Lake Hayes itself is a beautiful area, as is the whole of the Queenstown area and surrounding countryside in that part of the South Island, also surrounded by Mountain Ranges, glaciers, ski resorts etc., said to be one of our country's top tourist destinations, both summer and winter! Of course our country was developed after the arrival of The English Captain James Cook, whose company bought lands from our Maori people, but trading for ownership of their lands for blankets and muskets and trinkets was not a fair deal for Maori! There was a Treaty signed by the English at the time, the Treaty of Waitangi, which in more recent time, was challenged in the Parliamentary Disputes Courts, and the various Maori Tribes were recompensed financially with getting back ownership of their lands across the whole country. Some of these compensations are still being challenged by different tribes around the country! We have a special day once a year, Waitangi Day, a public Holiday in February, right across the country, and huge celebrations are attended at Waitangi, in the North Island, by Maori tribesmen, their Chiefs, their Whanau (families), the incumbent Prime Minister and Members of of Parliament, and of course, the Public! Sometimes there are still different protest groups that assemble at Waitangi on the day, from both Maori and Pakeha (White people), and that can be quite challenging at the time! I visited Waitangi myself, it was spectacular, but the protestors can be quite intimidating, even a bit scary, so I only watch the celebration on TV now!
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