On the recommendation of friends living in Christchurch, we visited the wildlife reserve in December 2015. As we walked along the cleverly laid-out site, we met very interesting animals and birds. The most exciting part of the journey was the paddock of the Kiwi birds. We saw five active Kiwi birds. If you want to visit the kiwi paddock, you must be patient. If you look carefully, you will get something. Some tourists just crossed the wildlife reserve without stopping to see anything.