In the 1980’s, a couple of young kiwis, AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch, set up the first commercial bungy operation, with a jump from the historic Kawerau Bridge near Queenstown. In launching themselves off that bridge they launched the sport of bungy onto the world. New Zealand has become the home of bungy jumping and, for hundreds of thousands of visitors it’s almost a rite of passage that they take that heart-stopping leap of faith while in NZ.
