Today - you can see it's nice and early - we've got a big day ahead of us.
We're gonna to be moving Zuri to Wellington Zoo,
part of our Australasian giraffe breeding programme.
It's gonna take about 12 hours, so it's a long trip.
We've got me, Nat and a vet team coming down
so we're going to be able to keep an eye on her, make sure she's doing well along the trip.
So we've just managed to successfully transfer Zuri on to the truck.
We put her on quite a low truck because the bridges along the way to Wellington
and also the trolleybus cables in Wellington are pretty low.
So some of the keepers have come out to say goodbye.
Zuri - she's a really cool giraffe. She's really calm.
Because she's really relaxed, I'm really happy, and hopefully she's like that the whole way.
We're going to stop along the way, check up on her, make sure she's doing all right
and, yeah, then off to Wellington.
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(BRAKES HISS) You can see we've come into a bit of sticky point.
The crate is a little bit too big to go under this bridge.
The truck guys are on to it, though, and they're gonna sort it out.
I'm sure we'll be on our way very soon. We've just got to back up, so let's go.
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Yeah, you can see she's a bit hungry. Some carrots. It's quite a favourite of hers.
Here. Good girl.
Some willow?
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So, we've just currently got to Taupo. I've got Zuri inside.
She's actually sitting down, which is a really good sign.
It means that she's nice and comfy. She's getting a little bit of rest.
So I'm really happy with how it's going, and we've got beautiful scenery. (LAUGHS)
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Now we've been driving for about nine hours now,
so it's good to get a bit of a stretch for myself and it's good for Zuri to have a wee rest as well.
-I see the giraffe. -I see the giraffe.
(LAUGHTER) Good girl.
It's been really cool along the way, watching all the kids come out.
We had a few families in Bulls and Levin in their pyjamas.
They see the giraffe for about three seconds, but they get a big smile, so that's really cool.
This is the home stretch, so, yeah.
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So after 14 hours, we're finally here. It was a pretty interesting trip.
Zuri - she's starting to get a bit over it. You can see her walking around her crate a little bit,
so she's pretty happy to be here.
Oh, it's very exciting. It's been a long day, been an eventful day.
So tonight we're just gonna make her comfortable. She's gonna stay the night in the crate,
and then tomorrow we're gonna take her up to the savannah where the other giraffe are.
I'm gonna be staying with her for a few days, so it's been really cool to hang out with her,
watch how she integrates with the other animals, keep an eye on her,
make sure she's got a familiar face around, so hopefully she enjoys that.
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Yeah, Zuri looks like she's doing really well.
We let her out of her crate, and she came out pretty much straight away with a nice big leap.
Nat - she's just gonna coax her into that room. That room's nice and warm for her.
It is a bit of a chilly Wellington day, so probably not quite used to this, but she seems really good.
And so it's very exciting to have Zuri here with us, another great addition to the zoo family.
She's part of the family anyway, cos we've got Tisa, and Tisa's the grandma.
And this is Zahara.
Zahara's Zuri's auntie.
So lovely family here. I'm sure they're gonna get on very well indeed.
I feel really happy. It's good to see her in her new enclosure, out of the crate.
Over 24 hours in the crate's a long time,
so it's good to see her stretching her legs a bit more. And, yeah, just happy to see her here.
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