Meet New Zealand’s national icon — the kiwi bird — at Rainbow Springs Nature Park, home to the largest kiwi hatchery in the country. Spy on the flightless, nocturnal creatures inside a nocturnal house, orupgrade your Day Pass ($10, in addition to the regular $40 adult admission) to go behind the scenes of the conservation centre, where kiwi eggs are incubated and hatched. Only 5% of kiwis hatched in the wild survive to adulthood. The team at Rainbow Springs is giving its best conservational effort by rearing over 100 kiwi chicks every year before releasing them into the wild to boost the population. Aside from this main attraction, there is a daily bird show, a reptilian showcase and a big pool full of trout that swim in circles.