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Taupō bungy

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Taupō bungy

Opening at Taupō in 1991, this was the first cliff-top bungy jump in New Zealand. It exploits the cliffs formed by the Waikato River cutting through soft volcanic rock, a couple of kilometres below its exit from Lake Taupō.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – The North Island’s playground, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15202/taupo-bungy (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.