Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa) Wellington

Die Fahrt von Wanganui nach Wellington ist gut 200km und dauert knappe 3h. Das Wetter ist trüb und somit gibt es kaum Anlass zu häufigen Fotostopps. Ausserdem habe ich es eilig in die Hauptstadt zu kommen, um mir da eine Unterkunft zu suchen und dann die Planung der Reise durch die Südinsel voran zu treiben. Das hat 3 Gründe: 1. beginnt schon bald …

Ce matin c'était grasse matinée pour tout le monde, il fallait bien récupérer de la soirée d'hier ;-)
Comme il faisait beau et qu'on annoncait de la pluie pour après midi, je suis directement parti au bord de mer pour prendre quelques photos et continuer à découvrir la ville. C'est dingue comme ici tout est propre, rénové, entretenu. Et les …

Capital and very cool city. Lots of things to do AND plenty of art …

We woke up early and packed up to get ready to leave Napier. The morning was grey and fairly cold. It had been raining quite hard, but as we bid fair-well to the old chap on the desk, the rain seemed to stop.
We made our way along the parade to the pick up point and waited. We waited and waited and waited. The bus was due in at 0900. We had …

What a way to start the day - eating a Sheree-cooked breakfast whilst gazing out onto snow-capped mountains west of Napier! It was sunny and we were off for a wander around the art deco capital of NZ, the result of a total rebuild after the 1931 earthquake - a classic case of blessing out of disaster! Check out some my pics titled ‘Hints of …

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I hope you enjoyed the first entry!? Well lets carry on with day 2!!

This morning we got up after our first night at Wellington YHA. We did all the usual morning stuff then took the super shuttles to Wellington Zoo.

Once everyone had arrived at the Zoo we went into the lesson room with a zoo educator who taught …

Entry containing 2 photos titled: The ball put up for the world cup, On the beach

We popped to Wellington Museum and saw some interesting exhibits. They had preserved an enormous, giant squid - it looked a bit nasty though, like decomposing meat! We went to catch the ferry to Picton, on the South Island, when a TV crew came up and asked to interview us! They wanted to know what we thought about the fact that the ferry kept …

What a difference a few days can make. When trying to describe our recent state of mind Tom would use: Plodding along. New Zealand has had its effects on us both in different ways but 'plodding along' runs through and is a vague yet appropriate phrase to use. We haven’t been inconsolably unhappy every night and we haven’t been …

Pludselig var vi igen tilbage på Nordøen, og tusindvis af oplevelser rigere. Det var virkelig en underlig fornemmelse. Meget af vores tur herned har trods alt været bygget op omkring denne del, og nu nærmede vi os pludselig afslutningen.

Men inden det hele sluttede havde vi et stop i Wellington. Vi havde hørt meget om deres nationalmuseum …

... went to the Te Papo Museum with the girls, although we all split up once we got inside. This place is known as the 'Museum of New Zealand' and it is such a huge place that dominates the waterfront. The great thing about it is that it is interactive, and ...

... We had a van sort this morning bacause "a tidy van is a happy van". About mid morning we headed into town to the Museum Of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa (Our Place). It is a huge museum with New Zealand History, Art, Sea and Nature exhibitions. It ...

... and decided that as we still weren’t sure where we were going to camp tonight that we would make for Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand. It was free to get in but the car park was expensive, but after what we’d heard of different ...

... Back in town we parked near Te Papa to walk along to a museum we hadn't had time for yesterday, the mouthful that is: 'Museum of Wellington, City and Sea', it's title being bigger than the museum itself, but that was no bad thing as we arrived an hour ...

... greeted us in Wellington and continued all afternoon. An internet special offer means we're in a quality apartment right in the centre of Wellington, but the car had to be parked about 500m away and we got well and truly drenched. Satelite tv. in ...

... all the boats and trailers through the forested countryside. The only reason we stopped at Palmerston was to look at the Rugby Museum of New Zealand and we spent a couple of hours there with no other guests, chatting to the staff who fed us cups of ...

... around the cable car museum before heading back down on the cable car Then we headed off to Te Papa - the national museum of New Zealand - we got there really quick as we were wind assisted After looking around the museum we headed back to the ...

... was a lovely day and we explored the sights of Wellington, taking in the Parliament Building, Botanic Gardens and the Museum of New Zealand. This concludes our adventures on the North Island. Tomorrow we will take the Interislander Ferry over to Picton, ...

... to juggle a map in one hand as well. Who said men can't multi-task. I ended up parking at Te Papa the awesome museum of New Zealand and heading in for a sneak peak before attempting to find the hostel my mates were staying in to no success.  I managed ...

... viewpoint, there was a great view overlooking the harbour and the beach in the centre was lovely. We also visited the National Museum of New Zealand here which was a really good museum with loads to see and lots of interactive stuff. There was an outdoor ...