After breakfast we boarded our bus for the ride to Christchurch. We were supposed to go by train, but they are repairing the tracks.

After a rainy, though pleasant, drive along the coast we headed inland among hills dotted with livestock: mostly sheep, a few cows, and some deer. New Zealand had no mammals and when deer were introduced they, like other species before and after, quickly became a nuisance. The solution was to fence them in and farm them.

Dinner at Curator’s House, Christchurch.