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Hamilton, Auckland Zoos mourn animal deaths 2nd February 2024 /

Hamilton, Auckland Zoos mourn animal deaths

Both Hamilton and Auckland zoos are this week mourning the deaths of animals in their care.


New giraffe for Auckland Zoo, name needed 17th January 2024

New giraffe for Auckland Zoo, name needed

Auckland Zoo’s giraffe Kiraka has given birth to a healthy female calf, estimated to be around six feet or 1.8 metres tall and weighing approximately 60kg.


Auckland Zoo grant recipients revealed 19th May 2023

Auckland Zoo grant recipients revealed

Skinks, fairy terms, frogs and other wildlife will benefit from new research and conservation thanks to Auckland Zoo’s 2023 Aotearoa-focused Small Grants programme.


Auckland Zoo plays matchmaker for tiger breeding programme 5th May 2023

Auckland Zoo plays matchmaker for tiger breeding programme

Auckland Zoo’s Sumatran tigers Zayana and Ramah have paired up as part of an international breeding and conservation advocacy programme.


Endangered skinks leave Auckland Zoo for West Coast 17th April 2023 /

Endangered skinks leave Auckland Zoo for West Coast

Auckland Zoo has farewelled 21 Kapitia skinks as part of their reintroduction to the Kapitia Scientific Reserve on the West Coast.


…while Auckland Zoo opens fund for conservation 15th December 2022 /

…while Auckland Zoo opens fund for conservation

Applications must focus on one of the 150 species listed in the Department of Conservation’s Threatened Species Strategy.


Sumatran tigers join Auckland Zoo 17th November 2022

Sumatran tigers join Auckland Zoo

Two critically endangered Sumatran tigers have joined Auckland Zoo as part of an international breeding and advocacy programme.


Auckland Zoo wins sustainability award 20th September 2022 /

Auckland Zoo wins sustainability award

Auckland Zoo has been awarded the sustainability and environmental impact accolade at the Facilities Management Association of New Zealand Awards.


New crocs for Auckland Zoo ahead of new habitat launch 19th September 2022

New crocs for Auckland Zoo ahead of new habitat launch

Auckland Zoo has welcomed two freshwater crocodiles to its family ahead of the new South East Asia Jungle Track’s Indonesian swamp forest habitat, expected to open on Labour Weekend.


Baby giraffe born at Auckland Zoo… 23rd August 2022

Baby giraffe born at Auckland Zoo…

The calf was born to resident giraffes Kiraka and Billy and is estimated to reach almost two metres tall.


Auckland Zoo preps for giraffe birth 23rd June 2022

Auckland Zoo preps for giraffe birth

Auckland Zoo is set to welcome a new baby giraffe in July, the first to be born at the attraction in five years.


Auckland Zoo mourns loss of African white rhino 29th March 2022

Auckland Zoo mourns loss of African white rhino

Auckland Zoo is mourning the shock loss of Inkosi, a twenty-year-old African white rhino, to a sudden untreatable illness.


Watch: 40 years of care at Auckland Zoo 28th March 2022

Watch: 40 years of care at Auckland Zoo

Auckland Zoo’s Christine Tintinger marks 40 years of care at the attraction.


Auckland attractions ready to open at alert level 3.2 8th November 2021 / /

Auckland attractions ready to open at alert level 3.2

Auckland Museum will join other attractions and open if the city moves to Covid-19 alert level 3 step 2.


Rhino Jamila may become proud mum – Auckland Zoo 23rd September 2021

Rhino Jamila may become proud mum – Auckland Zoo

Auckland Zoo’s Jamila the southern white rhinoceros is pregnant.


Trio of lionesses arrive at Auckland Zoo 17th September 2021

Trio of lionesses arrive at Auckland Zoo

Three African lionesses have arrived at Auckland Zoo from Australia and are currently undergoing quarantine there.


Rescue penguin joins Auckland Zoo 13th August 2021

Rescue penguin joins Auckland Zoo

A penguin with a flipper wound that arrived three weeks ago from Waiheke Island’s Native Bird Rescue has joined Auckland Zoo’s penguin colony.


Roof goes on Auckland Zoo’s Indonesian habitat 28th June 2021

Roof goes on Auckland Zoo’s Indonesian habitat

Habitat to be hot, steamy 28-degrees Celsius all year round.


Auckland Zoo cafe wins architecture award 16th June 2021

Auckland Zoo cafe wins architecture award

Te Puna cafe becomes entry in 2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards.