Wellington seemed really big after all of the tiny places we had been on the South Island. We spent half a day in Te Papa, the National museum, which is really hands on and interactive. We also did a tour of Parliament, which was really interesting. We were particularly pleased that we actually got to stand on the floor of the debating chamber because parliament was in recess! Oh and we got to see the deputy premier of China (I had no clue) on his state visit to ...

We have been in New Zealand for 3 weeks and have done so many cool things, this is going to be a long one.….. This has definitely been our favourite leg of the trip so far- everyone is so friendly, you couldn't ask for nicer people! Our trip didn't start off quite so well….. We arrived in Christchurch after 2 flights and almost 12 hours of flying to find that our bags had been left in Sydney!We were not happy, especially as we were dressed for Bangkok weat...