Saturday, we went to windy Welly.  We took an informative tour of the Parliament buildings.  Took the pic of Kate Shepherd apartments to remind me of the suffragette that helped New Zealand become the first country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1893.  Her image is on the NZ ten dollar note.  We picked up Mike at the airport, and took a night tour at a wildlife sanctuary.  We did see kiwis walking around, but couldn't get pictures since it was dark and we also didn't want to stress the birds.  Sunday, we had a nice walking tour of the city.  The weather was cool; but sunny, and w/o wind!

In this picture, you see Kapiti island to the right.  We could see the South Island in the distance on the left.  We took the picture from Fishermans Table restaurant in Paekakariki.
https://picasaweb.google.com/115133267095590644390/Wellington?authuser=0&feat=directlink         
A few of this week's words:                                     
larrikin      mischievous person
lollies        candy                       
rate payer taxpayer
g'day         hello
see ya       bye
hire            engage

The kiwis are truly appreciative of the Americans that were here during WWII.  These flags are hanging in Old St Paul's church.  Apparently, there were over 20,000 US Marines stationed in the Wellington region.  After watching a video about it (mentioned malaria cases), we thought of grandpa's experience in this area,
and wished he were here to answer our questions.