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Not to be missed! A wonderful little bird park in a tropical garden setting.
I visit almost every bird park I can, and this one was one of the best ones I've seen in a very long time. It was quite different to our Ballarat Bird World at home, and a much smaller operation, set up in someone’s garden (though it was a fairly large garden) surrounded by tropical trees.
They also had a pet supplies shop in their garage, and parrot souvenirs, window light catchers etc. The owners, a husband and wife team, seemed to really enjoy giving people a guided tour of the park too.
As there were only about 2 other people there at the time, it was nice and quiet as Peter showed us around and spent a lot of time telling us interesting stuff about various individual birds.
First up was a perch area outside the garage where several hand reared baby parrots were sitting. These were very tame and Paul could even put one on his shoulder. Very pretty indeed. There was also a long billed Corella (who talked a bit) which wandered freely around the garden (with clipped wings) and also did hanging upside down tricks in return for a nut. He also had developed a new trick of trying to turn the knob on the door which led into the walk-through finch aviary (where there were finches from Australia, NZ & elsewhere)
There were many different species of Australian parrots, some we didn’t know well, others that were very familiar. There were also a couple of huge blue & yellow south American Macaws.
A very well kept, clean park. The birds seemed happy and well entertained.
Updated Dec 23, 2006
Address: 1 Mission Road, Kerikeri
Phone: (09) 407 5146
The Kemp house is the oldest surviving building in New Zealand. It was built for the pioneer missionary Reverend Samuel Marsden (Anglican) around 1821.
The surroundings are very tranquil and the Kerikeri basin in front of the Kemp House and Stone store is a popular place for yachts.
Written Dec 4, 2006
We basically stayed in Kerikeri to allow us to visit the far north with the tor we had booked. To see more visit my Ninety mile beach page.
The Town is a very nice and pleanty of places to eat.
I even maanged to get a well deserved hair from a nice salon in town. The hairdresser spent a few years in London and was aksing me if anything ha changed.
Written Feb 11, 2005
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Kemp House and the Stone Store are two of New Zealand's oldest buildings, situated in the Kerikeri Basin. Founded in 1819 on ground granted to the Reverend Samuel Marsden by the Nga Puhi cheif, Hongi Hika.
Kemp House is the oldest surviving European building in New Zealand. The Stone Store is the country's oldest surviving stone building.
Kemp House was build in 1821-22 as a mission house. From 1824 till 1831 the house was occupied by the lay missionary George Clark and from mid 1832 by blacksmith and lay missionary James Kemp and his family. The mission was closed in 1848 and the decendants lived there until 1974 when it was presented to the New Zealand historic Places Trust.
The nearby Stone Store was build in 1832-36 as a storehouse for the mission. After the mission closed in 1848 it was taken over by the Kemp family and leased by a number of storekeepers.
Both building have undergone major renovation work and are open for public viewing to see how the Kemp family lived.
In March 1981 there was the Great Kerikeri Flood which nearly destroyed Kemp House, Inside the Kemp House is a book showing the photos taken during the flood and the work to restore the house.
Written Jan 20, 2004
Address: Kerikeri Basin, Kerikeri
Written Dec 4, 2006
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The Stone Store was completed in 1835, part of the mission station. Today it is a general store and museum.
Written Dec 4, 2006
Address: KeriKeri basin
Written Jan 12, 2006
The Mission House built in 1821 is the oldest house in New Zealand.
Written Jan 12, 2006
The Stone Store built in 1832 in KeriKeri in New Zealand's oldest stone house.
Written Jan 12, 2006
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