{"id":13006,"date":"2024-05-19T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=13006"},"modified":"2024-05-21T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:02:07","slug":"life-in-the-big-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/life-in-the-big-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Life In The Big City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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It was a bit of a transition, being back in a big city after spending so much time in quiet, small towns these past few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peoples Coffee was our first stop of the day. From there we strolled around the Sunday market on the waterfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a good weather day (no wind!) to visit Zealandia<\/a>, the world\u2019s first fully fenced urban Eco-Sanctuary, Te M\u0101ra a T\u0101ne or The Garden of T\u0101ne. Named after T\u0101ne, the god of forests and birds, the son of Ranginui, the sky father, and Papat\u016b\u0101nuku, the earth mother. His children are the trees and birds of the NZ rainforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NZ has over 150 species of birds found nowhere else on earth. All of them come from only eight different bird families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the Eco-Sanctuary we visited in Dunedin<\/a>, Zealandia had a fence completely around the 500+ acres of the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To get in and out, we went through a two gate locking door system so that no predators accidentally snuck in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once inside, we saw tuis, fantails, kakas, wood pigeons and bellbirds, birds we have seen and become familiar with since we\u2019ve been in NZ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The K\u0101k\u0101s got a bit too close for my comfort when they decided to answer my command and do a flyover \u2014 buzzing me right overhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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