Visit to Mt. Bruce

Yesterday the students along with seven MIS host students visited the Mt. Bruce Bird Reserve.  The weather was wet but the students still enjoyed the experience.  The highlight for them was feeding the rather large eels a combination of dead ferrets, mice and kiwi food while Alex, our escort braved the cold water to show the students just how large and tame the eels were. The students also enjoyed chatting to the kokako and hand feeding the kaka.  Unfortunately the kiwi house is under renovation so the students were unable to view our native kiwi which was a little disappointing for them.