In Hokitika, I must go to this tourist trap to view a live kiwi bird.

 

 

A closer look at the tuatara and the kiwi bird.  I can't get any decent photos of the kiwi bird inside because they are nocturnal and kept in a dark room, flashes not allowed.

 

 

My favorite part is the giant tank with the giant eels, which are 5 to 6 feet long.

 

Tuatara ... an animal unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs.

 

More of the eels, from above this time.

 

Pink thing.

 

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