caveing in waitimo

The life and death of a glow worm

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March 12th 2007
More about the glow worms in a mo , trying to keep things kind of chronoligal here. I shall be bold though and predict the life of a glow worm shall steal the show. I did my 1st bungee jump off Auckland Harbour Bridge the other day. It was only 41 metre’s high which sounds a bit pathetic. Strangely enough though 41 metre’s seems quite high when you are actually up there on the edge of a plan ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo Caves

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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