W is for Weka: cheeky birds along the QCT

Fred prepared sandwiches each day and at our lunch stops we would be entertained and/or harassed by the New Zealand South Island 'chicken', the Weka.
The birds are so used to people along the QCT that they live and breed around the rest stops. We saw some chicks too and the mother called them with a low hissing sound once she had foraged some food.