I will talk about history of Te Wahipounamu.
Te Wahipounamu is a name that means "Home of a green stone (jade)" in the Maori word.
And this was registered in the natural heritage in 1990.
There are a Fjord and a Milford sound formed at the glacial period 14,000 years ago in the coast part. The nature was very severe, so the investigation to Te Wahipounamu started in the 1960's.
The mountain chain including Mt. Cook appeared by the collision of two plates. The diastrophism that started 20 million years ago continues now. These mountains have upheaved by one centimeter every year. It keeps growing up still now.
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