WORTH IT OR OVERRATED - Is This Wellington's Best Tourist Attraction?! Zealandia | New Zealand 🇳🇿

Let's take you back to Wellington, the capital city. It is a beautiful, vibrant place, and it even has a massive park called Zealandia, where native species of animals and birds are protected and pest-free. We didn't realise how beautiful and big the park would be right in the city!
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[@MothershipVideos]

The existence of Zealandia has increased the bird population through out the region...it's good stuff just like your post.

[@mrpachino6014]

I am a kiwi, but watching your videos makes me feel like I'm on holiday...love it guys! :)

[@MsHGH1]

The night tour is great - searching kiwi with a red torch!

[@johnstuart8511]

Hi, Hi: North Island. Thank you for showing us around the Zoo. Wildlife. Was amazing. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@theunknownunknowns5168]

For those not familiar Zealandia it's within the city of Wellington. Wellington weather is moody af but always beautiful. Roads are crazy Wellington! Yep we a bird country, land mammals were only two small bats until humans. Blue ducks in Turangi by the way... at the swing bridge. Also don't say our birds are stupid (Joe Scott) for walking... death came from the air with the largest eagle the Haast's eagle! .

[@carawhitz6519]

Another great place is Staglands - It is in Upper Hutt though but it's stunning to walk around and see the animals... Also when you walk through the bird sanctuary they fly up onto your shoulder :) Many more animals too! Love watching you guys.

[@catherinecarr3506]

The cheek of you! … crack up! 🤣😜

[@richardcaldwell9160]

Wow, salmon bagels, great coffee, (and what ever you drink Mado !!), up close to the Takahe & Zealandia - life is good. Thanks for the excellent tour

[@jonathanjohannis6035]

Great video guys

[@tonewheel1773]

What I particularly love about my home country of New Zealand, is that there aren`t big or small "bitey' things. Having lived in Australia for the past 24 years, if it doesn`t bite you or sting you... it eats you! New Zealand only has three venomous spiders: the rare katipō and the accidental introduction of the venomous red back and white-tailed spiders from Australia. As for snakes, large cats and other killers, New Zealand is carnivorous free regarding animals. Just watch out for sharks! 😯

[@modfus]

Haha, Mado's enthusiasm for Matcha is only rivaled by her love for ice cream 😁 You're so mean Glen, teasing Mado about her hair😄

[@GlenAndMado]

She’s always in her element when she gets a good matcha 😂 but on the other side she becomes very unhappy when it’s a bad matcha also 😂😂🙌

[@user-uy3id6fy2q]

Another great video from you two ,the takahe looked amazing

[@karinkereama]

Yay whaea Mado and matua Glen

[@user-wm4eh4gk5p]

Love your enthiasm, whatever you’re doing, and looking forward to your adventures in the Pacific, whenever you can post them.

[@waynepike4337]

you are always asking for a bite from Mado, why dont you buy your own ?

[@rayfc63]

Because he's a scrooge😂😂 I think he's Scottish, not irish😂

[@emirdesouza331]

Nice to see you both enjoyed Zealandia. Their efforts have left a positive impact on Wellingtons biodiversity and conservation throughout NZ as it was the first predator fenced sanctuary in the world. You can easily spend a full day there on a nice day if you are really into birds, I’ve done that many times as a local who visits regularly 😅 The night tour is definitely worth it if you have the time. You may come across a Kiwi roaming about.

[@JK-we1tk]

Hi guys! Thank you for the beautiful video-reports of Aotearoa! You definitely have to visit the Bay Of Islands in the Far North!

[@allentewhare1102]

Welcome to our nation's capital, Zealandia the windy weather and the roadworks.

[@nebuchadnezzar916]

I live 5 minutes away and pop in often for a lunchtime walk. Wild Kiwi are in the hills behind Karori towards Makara. If you go up there about 11pm and sit quietly you'll hear their calls. While you're out and about checkout the glow worms in the woods behind Karori park, up in the north-western hollow right before the skyline track.

[@geangekate]

Or just in the Botanic Gardens or Brooklyn's Central Park... I see lots of glowworms throughout both all the time. Btw Glen and Mado, just as a note, your question re whether its overrated or not is up for debate. I'd argue its not quite worth it, depending on if you're a visitor or not. It definitely is amazing, but that's a lot of money - and while in itself it might be worth paying that much for the experience, esp as a tourist, you can actually see just as much and have almost as good an experience just walking round a couple of the different bush areas around Wellington, very close by, for free (ie Otari-Wiltons Bush down the road, in Wadestown). The existence of Zealandia means that you can see most of these birds just flying around Wellington in general, all the time now. Also, tui is actually very common to see, you just won't have seen them in your last five months in the South Island. But you see them everywhere in the bush throughout the North Island, just like piwakawaka.

[@user-rp7lj4tv7x]

Awesome to see the scale of the Zealandia sanctuary. And very cool to see Tuatara out. They are such a cool anciant lizard and usually only seen in a zoo or similar, and on some remote offshore islands.

[@ttrengrove]

Tuatara aren't lizards. They are reptiles with their own ancient family en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatara#:~:text=The%20tuatara%20(Sphenodon%20punctatus)%20is,%22peaks%20on%20the%20back%22. So glad you visited Zealandia Glen and Mado, it is a gem in Wellington. Thanks for the salmon bagel tip too!

[@clarethompson1934]

Zealandia is actually in the biggest suburb in the southern hemisphere.

[@chatsavet3349]

Nice to meet you sir How are you?

[@user-wf5kr5mj7d]

wow next time i go wellington i will go their thankyou 4 showing me parts of m country i did not know about love your content

[@rosemarylusty8045]

The breeze is barely moving her strands of hair! What you two have missed is that the whole of Wellington is trees, trees, trees. ALL the hills that surround the city have covered in trees (and shrubs etc). N. Z has no wildlife: no mammals (except rare,tiny bats) -only birds and as they had no predators , many are flightless or ground birds. Then birds are not just in the sanctuary: around our houses too.

[@theunknownunknowns5168]

Weekend vege/farmers markets are great too. Use to sell at those.

[@gee7801]

Did you see the native parrot the Kaka? They are highly intelligent and really entertaining. BTW, I live just below the predator proof fence and regularly see Kaka coming and going from the reserve.

[@adamharrison8456]

Ya guys should try the 5 mile track into the orongorongo valley it’s a bit of a walk but well worth it…Wainuiomata coast catchpool valley

[@johnnymartin-turiaki8845]

“How did they know he was here tho” 😂

[@dazzanzl]

Zealandia also ruined the slipway facility an outlet for many people years ago was sad to see that place go.

[@storm260]

'Look at this bird.I found a rare specicies, its called Glenobird' Cheeky Mado 😂 I cracked up, the accent made it funnier. Beautiful accent and smile by the way, might have to find me a German bird 😉

[@lookattheflowers7854]

pick a windy day mado go up the hills. and let your hair blow wild.. it is worth two minutes of your time.. shut your eyes and let it fly wild. (before you are forced to tie it back. lol) its good for your soul! i live here and love to do this from time to time.. LOL. dont forget we get wind burn here guys.

[@lookattheflowers7854]

there is a free walk in wilton bush. called (otari - wilton reserve) five mins down the road from zealandia. beautiful nz plants and trees garden bush walk.. unique. long and short walks. i believe there a bbq area (take snacks) can google a wee map online. can walk up to the skyline walk up on the ridge for the views of the south island on good days. safe good healthy tracks... we also have glow worms in wellington. it would pay to google the places around wellington city that you can see them for free at night.. there's some all over the place.. through the dell entrance in kelburn. botanical gardens. etc

[@camhyde9701]

Which comes first, birds or pies? Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty Glenbirds, Baked in a pie... When the pie was opened, The Glenbirds began to sing, Wasn't that a dainty dish, To set before the King?... The King was in His counting house, Counting out His money, The Queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey... The maid was in Zealandia, Hanging out the clothes, When down came a Glenbird, And pecked off her nose... They sent for the King's doctor, Who sewed it on again, He sewed it on so neatly, The seam was never seen

[@mjhstudent]

this is late upload right, 2 months ago?

[@GlenAndMado]

Yup it gives us time for a break when we get back to Europe, it’s about a month or so.

[@danielayers]

Some of our flightless birds can "fly" a few feet off the ground for a very short distance (just a few seconds) in an emergency. And they can often run pretty fast, as shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4Ldk6ttaNeVa80

[@grahamcook9289]

This woman needs subtitles.

[@darrenwareing5715]

The egg carton was left out for someone to pick up, it can be reused. Our eyes are different, now you know! great Chanel.

[@Alikhantanoli-yf6mo]

I miss you from Pakistan 🇵🇰🫶🏻

[@marias8007]

First! 😅

[@trohlfs01]

What is the name of the coffee shop you went to? I'm loving your videos.

[@GlenAndMado]

Pour and twist! 🙂

[@chrisford1715]

Sadly you did not go to the best place in ch ch. Lucianos

[@kwerk2011]

Hey guys, I've really enjoyed all your videos of your travels around New Zealand, but please, drop the trashy clickbait titles. I reckon you can do better than that.

[@GlenAndMado]

Appreciate it! Unfortunately if we don’t we don’t get traffic, that’s how KZbin works 😢

[@GlenAndMado]

We’re only saying is it worth to visit this attraction though? It’s not a bad thing really.

[@theunknownunknowns5168]

Bro... settle. It's their style. It's intentionally obvious so adorable.

[@vsksf]

a bit harsh dude, they put a lot of work in to their videos and episodes and have become very good at it, they are also wonderful ambassadors for our country... they are allowed to market them how they think they will get the best results for all of their hard work. You are watching because they are brilliant... cut them some slack ..... its a mean world on YT as a contributor..!!

[@vsksf]

@@GlenAndMado Ignore him guys, you do excellent work,.... do what you want.... Ka Kite ....hopefully Ka kite ano...:)

[@grahamcook9289]

I hate it when couples eat each other's food. Keep it in the bedroom, please.

[@jayT_81]

I would hate it more watching couples eating food in the bedroom, they showing us the actual shops where they love to eat.

[@paulaaslett2270]

@@jayT_81hahaha loved that response