Long travel day to Fiji via New Zealand

Crazy day of travel.
We left Rangiroa ~5p Thurs Jan 30th landed in Papeete, Tahiti on time Thurs eve. Chris & Linda headed to their hotel in Papeete for a few days. We had dinner with Nick and Shawn at the airport. Nick and Shawn left ~11 p.m heading home (Colorado). We remained in the airport for the next leg of our journey. Our next stop is Fiji, but it required a 5-hour trip to New Zealand followed by a 3 hour flight to Fiji with a 1.5 hour layover. The NZ leg was delayed from a 3:45a departure to a 5:05a departure; this jeopardized our connecting flight. Lucky for us, there were 11 folks with the same itinerary, so the airline held our connecting flight for us. Odd feeling when the flight attendant asks everyone on board to remain in their seats so we 11 could disembark. Now it's gets interesting. We left NZ at 5:05 am. on Jan 30th, but landed 5 hours later, 10 am Feb 1st, and skipped 17 hours of Jan 31st.
We effectively skipped over Jan 31. Crazy.Read more