Andy jumps!

Auckland

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January 5th 2008
Our last day in New Zealand 😞 We are in a 5 star hotel - don't know why it is classed as 5 star. Nice toiletries and breakfast and free internet but otherwise much the same as any other city centre hotel. We are right next to the sky tower and sky city. Andy of course had to do the Sky jump from the Sky Tower - but I think he found it rather tame - it isn't freefall, you come down on a wir ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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