Where you can swim with a hundred dolphins, have a close encounter with a "living dinosaur" and abide by little blue penguin traffic rules

Visitors to Zealandia, the Karori Sanctuary, can encounter rare birds such as the takahē.

In New Zealand’s capital, wildlife sightings are a part of daily life, thanks to the city's green policies and development of countless parks, nature reserves and walking tracks. 

Here’s a case -- or a few cases -- for why Wellington may be the best city in the world for spotting wildlife.