15th April 2024 Police / ZoosAn iguana and turtle stolen from Ti Point Reptile park at Leigh, north of Auckland, have been returned to their homes.
19th March 2024 ZoosNew Plymouth District Council is asking its residents whether a $9m, 10-year investment in Brooklands Zoo is a viable option for its 2024-34 Long Term Plan.
22nd January 2024 Wellington Zoo / ZoosWellington Zoo has released its Lace Monitor lizards Darwin and Jannali into a new habitat, putting them on display for the first time in five years.
7th August 2023 Orana / ZoosOrana Wildlife Park in Christchurch has introduced a new siamang gibbon to its family.
3rd February 2023 Orana / ZoosOrana Wildlife Park is moutning the loss of its elderly llama named Roldo.
28th June 2022 Attractions / ZoosNew Plymouth’s Brooklands Zoo has received accreditation from the Zoo Aquarium Association for its excellence and commitment to positive animal welfare.
16th June 2022 Orana / ZoosOrana Wildlife Park says it made the “agonising decision” to euthanise its 40-year-old Southern White Rhinoceros, Stumpy, due to age-related health issues.
12th May 2022 Magic Memories / ZoosMagic Memories has partnered with US-based Zoo Atlanta to add interactive digital content experiences that engage visitors with the zoo’s wildlife and core mission messages.
1st November 2021 Education / ZoosWellington Zoo and Massey University have signed an agreement to establish closer ties and identify more opportunities for both parties.
6th September 2021 People / ZoosWellington Zoo chief executive Karen Fifield has been elected vice president of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) Council.
17th May 2021 ZoosThe lemurs are currently off-display to the public while work on the habitat is completed.
23rd April 2021 ZoosAuckland Zoo has found separate homes in Australia for its Asian elephants Burma and Anjalee.
14th April 2021 ZoosAuckland Zoo euthanised its 17-year-old male lions Zulu and Malik on Tuesday after months of monitoring their “degenerative diseases”.
26th March 2021 ZoosFour Galápagos tortoises have hatched at the Auckland Zoo, the most from a single clutch within Australasia.
8th December 2020 Conservation / ZoosAuckland Zoo and the Motuihe Trust are working together to return the giant wētā the wētāpunga to Te Motu-a-Ihenga Motuihe Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.
26th November 2020 Conservation / ZoosAuckland Zoo is looking for new overseas homes for its two female Asia elephants, Anjalee and Burma.
6th November 2020 Conservation / ZoosZoo director Dr Baird Fleming said it reflected the importance the zoo team placed on the wellbeing of the animals in their care.
4th November 2020 ZoosWellington Zoo’s Karen Fifield says she had been expecting a “real lag” in visitor numbers post-lockdown, but that did not happen.
20th October 2020 ZoosChimpanzee Sally, Hamilton Zoo’s oldest resident, has turned 50.
15th October 2020 ZoosThe pups are four weeks old and bring the total of the zoo’s Asian small-clawed otters to 13 after parents Takumi and Kanan gave birth to two sets of triplets in 2019.
2nd October 2020 ZoosHamilton Zoo has said farewell to its Sumatran tiger, Oz, after he became unwell over the past week.
27th August 2020 ZoosIndoor Zoo areas were closed where physical distancing was difficult to maintain, and the Zoo encouraged visitors to wear face masks.
13th August 2020 ZoosAuckland Zoo has temporarily closed due to Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions.
28th July 2020 ZoosThe upgraded enclosure would include multiple viewing areas for visitors and encounter opportunities would feature in the future.
21st May 2020 ZoosAuckland Zoo will reopen on Wednesday 27 May after being closed for nine weeks due to Covid-19 restrictions.
18th May 2020 Hamilton / ZoosThe female calf arrived on 12 March 2020, following her mother’s 16-month pregnancy, bringing the number of white rhinos at the zoo to six.
2nd April 2020 Tech / ZoosAuckland Zoo has tested a new series of live streams that will connect lockdown New Zealand with the attraction.
21st November 2019 ZoosWellington Zoo chief executive Karen Fifield MNZM has been elected to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) Council.
2nd August 2019 Attraction / ZoosThe two zoos have both lost bigs cats this week due to the animals’ poor health and age.
25th February 2019 ZoosThe measure was labelled “irresponsible” by animal welfare group SAFE.
7th June 2018 ZoosOne of the stalwarts of Auckland’s domestic tourism landscape, Auckland Zoo, has farewelled their much-loved elderly lions.
11th May 2018 ZoosA new zoo standard signed off by the Environmental Protection Authority will help zoos prevent animals from escaping into the wider environment, or pose a risk to people.
