Poor day for photographs, but lovely all the same.

We caught the 10:30 ferry from Picton across to Wellington, and effectively stayed in a parking lot in central Wellington to allow us to make the most of town. We educated ourselves at the Te Papa Tongarewa (New Zealand's national museum) for most of the afternoon and then indulged ourselves with a wine-paired tasting menu at Logan Brown. Delish.

Things we learnt at the Te Papa Tongarewa:

• There were indeed such things at 250kg Moa birds roaming through NZ and this is not just a "guide fact" (the birds are now extinct, but skeletal remains confirm existence)
• There are an incredible number of species (fauna & flora) that are unique to NZ due to its isolation and sadly many of them have been made extinct by our presence.
• We saw preserved colossal squid which was over 4m long, weighed 500kg and comes complete with beak mouth and claws in lieu of suckers - terrifying.
• NZ north island moves 4cm away from the south island every year due to tectonic plates.
• The discrepancy between the translations of the Treaty of Waitangi documents signed in the 1940s between representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs
• More of the customs and the skill of the Mauri