Arthur's Pass National Park
Alpine national park of braided rivers, beech forest and high passes, home to the cheeky kea parrot.
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This guide to Arthur's Pass National Park, a day trip from Christchurch, is about appetite: a clever alpine parrot, the village café where it hunts for lunch, and the people who feed it. You'll meet Renée Habluetzel of the Kea Conservation Trust and hear why a berry-and-larvae diet matters. Best heard at a picnic table in the village, with your food packed away.
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