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Lyrical Sunday & Haere Ra to Happy Feet

August 28, 2011August 28, 2011 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Alice, Charlotte, Lyrical Sunday, Sarah, Sophie

We didn’t set a theme for Lyrical Sunday this week, but Charlotte and I did write a little poetry – in honour of our webbed footed friend who travels home to the sub-Antarctic tomorrow. The Dominion Post and Wellington Zoo ran a poetry competition this week (read the winning entries here), dedicated to the Emperor […]

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Happy Feet sniffs the good stuff!

August 15, 2011August 15, 2011 BritMumInNZ 6 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Dan, Life in action - Videos, Sarah, Sophie, Special Days

There’s been a special fella hiding out at Wellington Zoo. He was rescued from a beach on the Kapiti Coast. Poor chap had swam all the way from Antarctica and found himself in a temperate climate with no ice to eat, just a beach full of sand. In a desperate attempt to cool himself down […]

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