The photos below dramatically show the extent of the 12x zoom on my new Panasonic Lumix DMZ-TZ10 (aka DMC-ZS7 in America). The shots are of a raft in the Karawau River near Queenstown, that picks up people after they’ve done the famous ‘original’ bungy jump off an old swing bridge.
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- 20/05/1773 - New Zealand's first sheep releasedDuring his second voisit to New Zealand in 1773, James Cook released a ewe and a ram in Queen Charlotte Sound. They survived only a few days – an inauspicious start to this country’s long association with sheep.
- 20/05/1773 - New Zealand's first sheep releasedDuring his second voisit to New Zealand in 1773, James Cook released a ewe and a ram in Queen Charlotte Sound. They survived only a few days – an inauspicious start to this country’s long association with sheep.
- 20/05/1865 - Loss of City of Dunedin with all handsThe paddle steamer City of Dunedin left Wellington at around 5 p.m. on Saturday 20 May. It was never heard from again and no trace was ever found of the four dozen people on board.
- 20/05/1870 - Pasifika labourers arrive in AucklandNew Zealand received its first known shipload of labourers from the Pacific Islands when the clipper schooner Lulu docked in Waitematā Harbour
- 20/05/1773 - New Zealand's first sheep released