New Zealander Henry van Asch was bumming around the ski slopes of Wanaka in the 1980s when another adventurous Kiwi persuaded him to try a strange new extreme sport. Hurl yourself off a bridge ...

They developed the bungee ropes and rigging system and found the perfect site – the historic Kawarau Suspension Bridge – which would give paying customers the chance to safely fall 43 metres.

Starting from the country’s main gateways, such as Auckland and Christchurch, these road trips offer the best chance to ...

bungee jumping off Kawarau Bridge, paragliding around Coronet Peak, or skydiving from 15,000 feet into dramatic alpine scenery. It's also home to New Zealand's best ski slopes, so expect lots of ...

In 1988, daredevils AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch created the world’s first commercial bungee jump in Queenstown, New Zealand: the Kawarau Bridge Bungy at just 439 feet high. Think that’s a ...

New Zealand shot straight to the top of many ... Shotover Jet, and AJ Hackett Kawarau Bridge Bungy. As seen in Top of the Lake (2013) Top of the Lake, the mystery drama TV series by Jane Campion ...

Transit New Zealand has commenced work on the seismic (earthquake) strengthening of the State Highway 6 Bridge over the Kawarau River next to the AJ Hackett Bungy Bridge near Queenstown.

The modification called for the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA ... "in time", to realign State Highway 6 to cross the Kawarau River on a new two-lane bridge east of the existing bridge.

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In Aotearoa (the Māori name for New Zealand, which is often translated as ‘the land of the long white cloud’), life moves at a ...