We went some shopping to increase our Winter clothes stock, that we surely will need in the south island. They were on sale and outdoor things are far cheaper than in Europe. We bought some thick fleece sweaters and even another travel bag, suitcase style to carry back to Germany the stuff we continuously collect.
We visited Te Papa museum, that was a museum how they should be. It had a huge part which was free to see, containing a lot about Maori history and also Flora,Fauna and geologic sciences from New Zealand. It had a part for kids, very interactive in which it was taught how to lower the carbon footprint and kids could developed already their green side.
Impressive was a giant squid showed in the museum, the real animal was there conserved in formal. The exemplar was, if I rember properly, 4.6meters!! The eyes were the size of soccer balls, had three hearts and rotating sharp endings in the tentacles. Really a monster...
We went also to the cinema and saw the impacting "127 hours". Next day was Theater day, we saw some alternative show regarding the cultural shock within Maori and Somalis. Wellington welcomed some years ago several thousands of Somali refugees, and according to the artists, NZ still hasn't been able to really integrate non of them.
In oder to make use of "the city" facilities we also changed the muffler of our Van, which was a bit 'rotten'.
The city is a nice little capital. Less than half a million inhabitants. Surrounded by sea and forests, but at the same time with several skyscrapers around. The only bad thing was the constant strong winds, a bit uncomfortable. Even with that, I keep a very friendly picture of it.
We took a Ferry, for about 3 hours that would bring us and our Van to Picton, the next harbour in the south island.
Like the locals say: Cheers mates!
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