We made a new friend when we were on our road trip, meet Dog. He spends all his time in the windscreen of Erin's car.
Anyway we're off on a new adventure today. We're driving up to Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland as we're travelling by boat to Tiritiri Matangi Island Wildlife Sanctuary. There are 11 of New Zealand's endangered birds, 3 reptile species and 1 insect species that have been re-introduced to the island. It has been re-vegetated with around 300,000 native trees to provide the right habitat and food. The island has been run by volunteers since 1984.
We were extremely lucky to see most of the endangered birds - this is a Tui.
And this is a Takahe.
We saw other endangered birds but were not able to take photos as the birds were too quick for us. We saw Robin, Rifleman, Stitchman. But not the Little Spotted Kiwi as this is a nocturnal bird.
These are Patekes (Brown Teal) - it is one of the worlds rarest ducks.
This lighthouse is also on the island - all the way from London.
Views from the island.
And this was our ride home.
Leaving the island. Another great day out over.
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