Introducing Mackenzie Country
The expansive high ground from which the scenic peaks of Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park escalate is known as Mackenzie Country after the legendary James ‘Jock’ MacKenzie, who ran his stolen flocks in this then-uninhabited region in the 1840s. When he was finally caught, other settlers realised the potential of the land and followed in his footsteps. The first people to traverse the Mackenzie were the Maori, trekking from Banks Peninsula to Otago hundreds of years ago.
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Online see www.mtcook.org.nz; for information on winter activities see www.mackenziewinter.co.nz.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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