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Skydiving in New Zealand

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April 20th 2007
I have just had the most amazing experience, skydiving from 15,000ft over New Zealand's largest Lake - Taupo. It was the most exhilarating feeling and afterwards i just wanted to go straight back up and do it again! I had though i would be nervous before but i was so excited and it's only when the plane door opened that i got nervous and started to swear! Emily, Sarah, Danny and I went up in t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more