The view

What goes up . . . . . . . .

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January 18th 2008
Well today we thought we would do something different and so after some deliberation we decided to . . . . SKY DIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEP, THAT"S RIGHT, I HAVE JUMPED FROM A PLANE HIGH UP IN THE SKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's something that we both fancied doing and everyone has told us that Taupo is the cheapest place to ... 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