Sky Divers

'Go on, just jump, it's only 9000 ft...'

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October 31st 2007
Taupo is apparently renowned for it's sky diving. I almost plucked up the courage/ had a lapse of sanity, and considered doing a tandem sky dive, but my attachment to terra firma won me over. They wouldn't fly high enough to give Steve a rush... he's fearless when it comes to heights. We've seen The Brave Ones plummet out of the sky every day we've been here; we've seen them landing up-close se ... read more

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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