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 04/11/2003:
During a visit to the "Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre" we meet a class of an Maori School. In the last ten years quite a lot of these schools were opened to keep alive the Maori culture, tradition and language.
To welcome us in their country, they sing us one of their traditional songs - an unforgettable moment!
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 04/11/2003:
The Tuatara is a nearly extinct lizard. This kind of lizards survived from the times the dinosaurs - it hasn't changed a lot during the past 220 millions of years ...
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 04/10/2003:
The Wellington Cablecar is a popular means of transport since 1902 - today mainly used by tourists. From the city centre it goes up to a small hill where we enjoy pleasant views over the city.
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 04/10/2003:
The Old St. Pauls Cathedral: a marvellous gothic church, built 1864 entirely from wood.
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 04/10/2003:
New Zealand is governed from here: to the left the new parliament - called "the Beehive", in use since 1980. To the right the old parliament which was built in 1922.
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 04/10/2003:
A walk through Wellington, where old meets new (architecture).
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 04/08/2003:
This sealion knows tourists - and definitely likes to pose for them!
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 04/08/2003:
After a rainy night the peaks near Kaikura are covered in white - that's what the sealion is looking at!
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