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Wellington Zoo

Fresh eyes on new life at the Zoo

October 30, 2010October 30, 2010 BritMumInNZ 4 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Dan, Sarah, Sophie

Our local Zoo is a short ten minute drive away and with our annual passes we often pop in for a short walk. It’s not so much the animals we always come to see, but the natural setting of the Zoo. Set on a hill, overlooking Wellington city in the distance, it is a pleasant […]

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Northern Royal Albatross makes a flying visit

March 16, 2010March 17, 2010 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Random Musings

Friday’s storm brought an unexpected visitor to Wellington – a Northern royal albatross! There are only around 30,000 of them in the wild and when a female one was grounded in Wainuiomata on Friday the team at ‘The Nest’ down at Wellington Zoo were quick to swoop into action. After a weekend at the zoo […]

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They’ve arrived!

January 19, 2010 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments School hols, Special Days

Monday morning and we woke to fog. We were full of excitement at greeting Grandma and Granddad off their flight… but delays were to be expected. Thankfully, we only had to wait an hour and the fog lifted to reveal an absolute pearler of a day. It’s been two, long year’s since we last saw […]

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Music on a School Night

March 30, 2009April 13, 2009 BritMumInNZ 5 Comments Life in action - Videos, Sarah

Well, since my last blog post of howling southerlies I’m pleased to report the fine weather has been restored. The past week has been glorious and, as you can see from the lack of blog posts, we’ve been making the most of it! At least Sophie and I have, whilst Dan has been working hard […]

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New Year’s Day at Wellington Zoo

January 11, 2009January 11, 2009 BritMumInNZ 4 Comments Holidays

New Year’s Day was blazing and we spent a gorgeous time at our lovely, little, Zoo. Wellington Zoo has been working so hard to landscape and enhance the enclosures for the animals (and their updated website is pretty fabulous too!). There are many projects in progress too and it’s only going to get better. We […]

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