Nov. 12 - Wellington NZ

We have been in Wellington a few days now, and love it.  It is a beautiful city with lots of fun stores and restaurants and a wonderful free museum - the Te Papa.  We had some adventures getting here with biosecurity at the airport (just missed a $400 fine for bringing in an orange that we forgot was in our luggage), but managed to arrive with our wallets intact.  The museum store has lightened my wallet considerably, but that was preferable to losing it to the good folks at the airport.  The students arrived Sunday, and yesterday we started our excursions with them.  Today we go to Zealandia to find out about restoration of native species.  Here are some shots of our first few days here: