In a video shared on an Instagram fan page of the YSR Congress chief, Reddy is seen smiling and waving at the cameras before he jumps off the platform on a cliff.
As the mayor of South Island adventure tourism resort Queenstown, Boult’s vault off Kawarau Bridge was as much a move for TV cameras to attract visitor attention as an act of sheer exuberance. But the sense of relief at the prospect of a return to some kind of normality was shared across the country.