I went to the zoo to see the wonderful Kiwi bird and everyone else who would be there. In the end, I saw everyone, but not the Kiwi. In the enclosure where they live, an artificial night is created, and you can't see anything at all! The entrance ticket to the zoo costs $29, and for $85, you can become a special zoo lover and visit places inaccessible to ordinary people, like petting lemurs or feeding kangaroos. I would like to specifically mention the navigation in the zoo, which is just obscenely confusing. There are no signs on the territory at all, and I made three circles around the baboons before finding the passage to the Kiwi. At the entrance, everyone is given a map, but the map is schematic and does not reflect the actual distances and locations of the sections. Nothing is clear! But the map does have a schedule of when different animals are fed on which days, and you can watch shows all day.

001 - First, not a zoo, just a little bridge near the house.

002 - A sign hinting, 'The zoo is this way >>.'

003 - The tiger looks at you like you're food and teases you.

004 - A kangaroo... just sitting there.

005 - Another kangaroo.

006 - Just a flower.

007 - Crocodile, crocody, I'll be crocoding.

008 - A calming lemur.

009 - Orangutans were pretty cool.

010

011 - An orangutan looks at you like you're the monkey.

012 - Kowalski, what's the status on the plane?

013 - We're running, but bravely.

014 - Spotted shag (pārekareka).

015 - A serval, the bush cat.

016 - Hippopotamus.

017 - A baby hippo is drinking o_O.

018 - Cheetahs making love.

019 - First lunch, then love.

020 - Chickens just wander and run around the zoo.

021 - An elephant. Sleeping. Boring.

022 - I've always wondered where they park the spare leg.

023 - A rhino ate a lot. I didn't wait long enough to see him from another angle.

024 - A chicken darted out of the bushes.

025 - A zebra.

026 - At first, I thought they were sparrows, but up close, they look more like starlings.

027 - A red panda.

028 - Suddenly, a wedding in the zoo o_O.

029 - A large yellow-crested cockatoo.

030 - Something blooming 😻

031 - Some strange thing... makes you want to eat it!

032 - Golden lion tamarin (golden marmoset).

033 - Meerkats are awesome!

034 - Meerkats are on watch!

035 - New Zealand brown teal (pāteke).

036 - New Zealand grey teal (tētē).

037 - I never saw the kiwi. It's pitch dark inside, like a nighttime forest. They were probably all asleep.

038 - An aquarium with eels. I even poked one with my finger.

039 - Beautiful grass.

040 - New Zealand forest pigeon (kūkupa).

041 - Red-fronted parakeet (kākāriki).

042 - Meet Kaka.

043 - Kaka is eating a nut 🙂.

044 - And this is just a Tui... the 'bird with balls on its neck.'

045 - Antipodes parakeet.

046 - Tuatara (gattaria).

047 - Kea. In Māori, it's also Kea.

048 - Otago skink.

049 - New Zealand scaup (papango).

050 - Flightless takahē.

051 - Common light diffraction, aquarium-style.

052 - New Zealand dotterel (tūturiwhatu).

053 - Subtropical fur seal.