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| I had planned for this to be a half-day attraction, but it was school break time, and the place was packed with kids. |
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| Many of New Zealand's native birds are flightless. |
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| The plethora of life-forms found only in New Zealand. |
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| Found nowhere else in the world, Dactylanthus taylorii, the “wood rose”, is a parasitic plant that lives underground, wrapped around the roots of native trees. Inside the swollen stem of the plant a wonderful transformation occurs, resulting in an elegant “flower” made solely of wood. The English name “flower of Hades” is a distorted translation of pua o te reinga. |
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| These grasshoppers were huge! |
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| So were the walking sticks. |
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| Now on to some Māori information |
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| These are just a few of the many displays in the Museum. I don't think we made it halfway through. |
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