At Fox Glacier we met Kea birds for the first time. Keas are the only parrots in the world who live in alpine regions and are only found in the South of NZ.
Beautiful, friendly birds, they are incredibly curious and destructive. I bent down to take a photo of one and he flew over to examine my camera and to see if he can eat it. They cause a lot of trouble - ripping camper's tents etc and can even pull the windscreen wipers off a car!! One took a fancy to our sun roof and tried to break in to the car through it!
Every car park in Southern NZ has warnings signs and advise not feed the Keas as one sandwhich is enough food for the day and thus the birds will be able to devote even more time to destroying cars!!