Our NZ adventures continued as we crossed from South to North Island on the ferry from a rainy Picton to a sunny Wellington where we spent a few hours in the excellent Te Papa museum - which amongst Maori cultural exhibits also housed the giant colossal squid. We then made our way up to Napier to meet up with our friends from back in blighty, Chris and Rachel, who had been travelling ahead of us. It was great to meet up and also be introduced to Jack Sparrow (or Jackie as it turned out!), a sparrow they were hand rearing. Our following itinerary took us round Napier on an excellent art deco tour, up to some lovely freinds of Chris and Rachel's - Andy, Bel, little Emily and Grandad where we spent a restful night. Over
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