zoological

we spent most of the day at the zoo thanks to ‘bird and forest’ (or something like that).  Esther and kezia are members of the young people’s version and esther spotted a guided tour of the new bit of the zoo dedicated to domestic habitats and animals.  that meant we got a guided tour and a special showing of the seals.  we then went for a wander round the main zoo (so not all of these animals are native)

we got back in time for kezia to go to her flippa ball competition where she scored the first two goals (and her team won 4-3 i think)

here’s a load of photos.  some of the photos are kezia’s

seals

 

dotterel

tui

weka

 

elephant chiropody

duckling

zebra

 

 

giraffes

 

hippo

 

under cover orang-utans

meer cats and kezia

red panda

 

kakariki

kiwi in the dark kiwi house (kezia obeyed the rule about no flash photography)

a big eel yucky eel

kezia picnic drink

the queue to get out of town due to the santa parade finishing at the same time we left the zoo

 

and John Key is back as PM after the election yesterday.  every one is happy with the outcome, except the Labour Party which lost lots of support at the expense of the Greens and a few minor parties.  all interesting stuff.