Finishing up the Queen Charlotte Track we came out at Anakiwa. Just after the track finishes there is a caravan selling ice-cream, tea, coffee and the like. Outside this caravan was a small pig acting rather like a friendly dog. The pig would come up to anybody lingering around the caravan and didn’t mind being petted or even picked up.
The big difference between the pig and a dog was that dogs don’t generally snuffle so aggressively at your bag when they smell food, and the pig certainly did. It also would frequently roll around in the dirt like a sparrow having a dust bath.
Eventually it’s owner took it away as it was being a bit too naughty with people’s packs. Judging by the indent in the dirt where it was rolling around I would imagine this little piggy frequently visits that caravan.
The animals of Christchurch 