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The Auckland War Memorial
Museum
had a really great exhibit on all the introduced species to new
zealand.
new zealand apparently has NO native mammals
(ok, well, maybe one, a bat),
so everyone it has now is introduced.
The museum also has a resident Maori cultural group called Manaia
that performs shows daily - introducing suspecting tourists to poi
(balls
on the end of a string) dances
and the haka (a traditional war dance
most widely known because New Zealand's rugby team, The All-Blacks,
perform it before every match).
The museum is in the middle of Auckland's big city park,
The Auckland Domain.
i also headed over to Mt. Eden,
an old volcanic crater that offers spectacular views of the city.
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