NZ: family time in the Bays

On our second day in NZ, Nev and Karan took us to Pie2Go, a pie shop in Browns Bay, where we grabbed some lunch:

Then we headed to Long Bay Regional Park, where we saw several pūkeko, our favorite NZ birds:

Baby pūkeko:

Plus an Eastern Rosella parrot:

And ducks:

Pōhutukawa, the NZ Christmas tree:

We went to Long Bay specifically because that was where Jenn and I got married. We stopped by the shelter where we had the reception, and the nearby grass area where we held the ceremony:

By Long Bay Beach:

That evening, N & K’s kids Michael and Deanna, her boyfriend, Karan’s mother, and Gavin joined us for dinner: