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Queenstown - Jump For Your Life!

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July 21st 2007
OK guys, you might be getting sick of these emails but if it's any consolation, it's all coming to an end soon. Just a few more days in New Zealand (that really hurts) and it'll almost be over... Before this terrible moment becomes a reality though, I decided to do another crazy thing while in legendary Queenstown: the Canyon Swing. For the uninitiated, it's like a bungee jump but once you get ... 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