Despite the fact that there are two species of bat (this from memory) in New Zealand, and that bats actually represent the only native land mammals in New Zealand, I've never seen a NZ bat. The first bats I ever saw were in a zoo, and they were Australian bats!

I always thought that they were awkward flyers, but David Attenborough came to their rescue and demonstrated through very clever camera work just how deft and accurate they are in the air. Oh well!