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International Antarctic Centre
The International Antarctic Centre is part of a huge complex built for the administration of the NZ, US and Italian Antarctic programmes. Learn all about the icy continent via historical, geological and zoological exhibits, including videos of life on Scott Base, an aquarium of creatures gathered under the ice in McMurdo Sound, and an 'Antarctic Storm' chamber where you get a first-hand taste of -18°C wind chill.
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Orana Wildlife Park
Orana Wildlife Park has an excellent walk-through native bird aviary, a nocturnal kiwi house, and a reptile exhibit featuring the wrinkly tuatara. But most of the grounds are devoted to Africana, including lions, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, lemurs, oryx and cheetahs. Animal feeding times are scheduled daily and there's a 'farmyard' area where children can pet the more domesticated animals.
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Southern Encounter Aquarium & Kiwi House
Southern Encounter Aquarium & Kiwi House, accessed through the visitor information centre, exposes you to disturbingly large eels, seahorses, turtles and other marine life. It also has a touch tank, feeding times and a small swaying bridge that kids will love. Don't expect much from the kiwi enclosure; these endangered birds don't like light and are hypersensitive to sound.
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Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, about 6km north of the centre, is a good faunal reserve, with a focus on native NZ animals and hands-on enclosures that contain alpacas, wallabies and deer. Tours are held several times a day; evening Maori performances also take place here.
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