Taupo and the Skydive Photo 2

Taupo and the Skydive

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December 2nd 2009
Day 9 So we had arrived at Lake Taupo the night before and had awoken to a beautiful red hot day, and were wondering what to with ourselves when Tom suggested that perhaps we should spontaneously do a skydive. We had originally planned to wait to Franz Josef the glacier in the South Island to do one as we had been told that the scenery was stunning but more recently a couple of people had told ... 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