Otorohanga's Kiwi House and Native Bird Park, just a minute or two drive from the town shopping centre, is definitely one of the most peaceful and relaxing places you're likely to visit.

If you are a student of bird life, you will probably be trapped here for quite a while.

I know little about the subject, but found this wonderful residents' and tourist attraction to be worth a great deal more than the (April 2005) $24 dollar a couple entrance charge, specially when I later discovered that much of that goes towards protecting and enhancing endangered species.

You will, in addition, see kiwis pecking about in their low-light kiwi house, even though they are a strictly night-life species.