GC68C91 Pining for Pandas (Taranaki) (Traditional Cache) in North Island, New Zealand created by Phronimos

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Hidden : 12/19/2015

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In September 2015 the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, thought it would be a good idea to bring Panda to New Zealand (at an estimated cost of $NZ100 million)

In 1988 to 1989 Auckland Zoo hosted two Giant Panda from China, Xiao Xiao and Fei Fei.

Prime Minister Key said pandas were a "subject dear to my heart", and an idea he had been entertaining since first raising the possibility with China's President Xi Jinping in 2010.

"They would need a bit of money. Having spent a bit of time on this process I know what is involved. It's everything, not just for the enclosure, but you have to have someone who comes from China to look after them, you have to feed them a certain kind of bamboo so there are quite a lot of costs."