Goff to jump out of plane over gulf

Defence Minister Phil Goff will jump out of an Air Force Hercules over Auckland tomorrow.

Mr Goff will don a parachute and hook up to a static line in the Hercules before jumping from the rear cargo ramp over the Hauraki Gulf.

The jump is part of a visit to the Air Force base at Whenuapai.

Mr Goff elected to jump over the water instead of land because the training for a water jump was not as intensive, a spokesman said.