Wellington is the capital of New Zealand replacing Auckland even though Auckland remains the largest city. Joan, Pat. Wayne and I took the cable car up the major hill to the Kelburn District then we walked down the Wellington Botanic Gardens to the Rose Gardens. The building is called the beehive. This walk is about a mile down hill so we, of course, had to stop for a local beer at a pub. Such friendly people in New Zealand.

Prices were really high in Wellington so not much shopping was accomplished. Wellington is a beautiful city and very clean. As a matter of fact the whole of New Zealand is wonderfully clean. No litter and no graffiti. No obvious homeless and no begging. Oh, for a return to this kind of environs in the US.