Up and into the car this morning for a quick trip to the Auckland Zoo, just 10 mins from our apartment. A really lovely, relatively compact zoo – well-maintained and lots of fun for kids, with playgrounds and easily accessible animal exhibits and a reasonable entry fee.
The birds are a lot bigger than I expected – probably twice the size – and they thump around on their huge muscular chicken drumstick legs, foraging for anything scrumptious in the undergrowth. Comical and seriously sweet.
The rest of the zoo was really lovely to wander around and thankfully the threat of rain cleared.
In the afternoon we headed to the Museum of Transport and Technology for a super-cool, highly interactive experience, where the kids had to tour the grounds looking for ways to help plan their very own town.
Tasks included painting a brick for the town wall, creating their own flag and building their own creation from cardboard – Riley made the Stamford Stadium and Ella her own barn and stables, complete with fenced paddock and horses behind fences.
This extraordinary town is being built by dozens of kids from around the world and is quite incredible.
Interactive experiences like this run through school holidays and vary throughout the year, but MOTAT is a brilliant place for kids and adults, even without the added bonus of school holiday programmes.
The grounds not only feature an enormous collection of trains, trams, trucks, fire engines and incredible steam engines, there’s also a recreated 19th century village, interactive science exhibits, a café and much, much more.
With a very reasonable entry fee to make it even more family-friendly, MOTAT is a must-do in Auckland.
New Zealand with Kids - Day One, Auckland
New Zealand with Kids - Day Two, Auckland
New Zealand with Kids - Day Four, Rotorua
New Zealand with Kids - Day Six, Lake Taupo, Palmerston North, Wellington
New Zealand with Kids - Day Seven, Wellington
New Zealand with Kids - Day Eight, Wellington
New Zealand with Kids - Day Nine, Inter Islander ferry, Picton, Blenheim, Christchurch
New Zealand with Kids - Day Ten, Christchurch
New Zealand with Kids - Day Eleven, Christchurch
New Zealand with Kids - Day Twelve, Queenstown
New Zealand with Kids - Day Thirteen, Queenstown
New Zealand with Kids - Day Fourteen, Queenstown, Glenorchy, Arrowtown, Wanaka
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