Yesterday we started the family jaunt around the North Island.
We had a very uneventful trip from Picton to Wellington on the ferry across Cook Straight (the kind of ferry trip you want in NZ).
Sam graciously gave up her ticket for the All Blacks vs Canada game so I could go with my mate Phil. It was a great running game with the AB's scoring at a point a minute. Canada got a couple of try's too to great applause.
Today we took the kids up to Zealandia.
ZEALANDIA is a unique eco-attraction. New Zealand's incredible natural history is brought to life with a state-of-the-art indoor exhibition. It is quite hands on and fantastic for the kids with lots to look at, lots of multimedia and lots of buttons to press.
We did briefly venture into the 225ha (550 acre) eco-sanctuary but with a day of heavy rain it wasn't the best to see some of New Zealand's rarest birds, reptiles and insects in the wild.
After lunch we then headed off to the Weta Cave.
Weta provide a lot of the magic to movies such as Lord of the Rings, King Kong, District 9 and Avatar. They are currently working on Tin Tin.
The Weta Cave is quite small and contains a mini museum of props and collectibles from the movies Weta has been involved with.
There is also a short screening showing some behind the scenes information about Weta. It looks like a pretty cool place to work.
I was really taken with the reality of the props. You'd swear that they would really work.
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