JLowe wrote:
"at last we can both conclude that New Zealands's Glaciers have increased in size"

Don't infer words or thoughts from what I wrote. I have seen no evidence that New Zealand's glaciers are increasing in size. In fact the evidence I see points to exactly the opposite conclusion.

Source:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386h/nzealand/nzealand.html#observation

Take a good look at Figure 6.

Can understand this graph?

Now click on Figure 7.

Can analyze this figure?

The work published is the results of real research conducted by:
New Zealand Geological Survey, University of Canterbury, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Now go to:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386h/nzealand/nztoc.html

Click on: "Earliest Maps"

Care to dispute it? Perhaps with something more than the anecdotal observations of a tour guide?

DA Morgan