Oct 29 Monday Upper Hutt to Napier ( a modern seaside village) . 179 miles 7 hrs. It is sunny today as we start snaking up Rumutaka summit(555m) and immediately snaking down . All eyes are on the road and the edges. Wow. We have a tour planned for 9am at the Paua factory. ( shell) . http://www.pauaworld.com/ Our next exciting stop is the nocturnal Kiwi house in Mt Bruce National wildlife park. http://www.mtbruce.org.nz/ We see an eel ( one yard long) and a wild Kaka (bird) We walk through rainforest trails. We drive pass award winning wineries, sheep farms along with fruit and market gardening. We fuel up 82.52 . We are staying at Kennedy Complex. They have a beautiful rose garden here.