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Just minutes from downtown Wellington and set around a picturesque reservoir, ZEALANDIA is home to some of New Zealand’s most rare and extraordinary wildlife – all thriving wild in a world-first protected eco sanctuary. What’s more, in February, Zealandia announced an important milestone: the birth of the sanctuary’s 1,000th hihi chick. The species, which was nearly extinct before reintroduction efforts began, is definitely one of Zealandia’s success stories.

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Hiakai = Fine dining, earth-moving, life-changing Maori kai. After the success of Hiakai – a series of pop-up restaurants – Monique Fiso opened her first permanent restaurant in Wellington. The Wellington chef has received global acclaim for her Michelin-style, fine dining Māori kai and pushes boundaries on her dishes everyday, challenging the status quo of Māori food in New Zealand and advocating for a cuisine that is truly of Aotearoa. This is a dining experience like no other…