The most interesting thing I learned about today was the Wizard of New Zealand. Apparently, there is a guy who gets paid by the New Zealand government to be a wizard. The Wizard is a man who gets up on a ladder and speaks for an hour a day on week days, usually in Cathedral square in Christchurch, dressed up in his costume with his pointy wizard hat.
He does not have a house. He does not have insurance or a job. He avoids participating in the compulsory New Zealand census by getting in a boat every year on census day, and sailing out into the sea, out of New Zealand waters. He has two apprentices who just turned up one day, dressed as wizards, and started following him around. Apparently, there is a film called The Wizard of New Zealand QSM, which is an award-winning documentary that follows his life as the first man in the modern world to be appointed by a government as an Official Wizard, if you are interested in finding out more!
Click here to find out more!
We learnt all this from our knowledgable and interesting guide on our free walking tour that morning, which turned out to be not so free, as 'donations' were expected.
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