Zoo Updates
Find the latest Auckland Zoo updates, developments and news.
Here we share everything from new developments at Auckland Zoo, to animal births and arrivals!
We also celebrate and share achievements, like launching the PalmOil Scan app so you can check for sustainably sourced palm oil when you shop, announcing experiences like Zoo Lates and the Dinosaur Discovery Track, or sharing the exciting news about the latest series of our wildlife documentary series Wild Heroes.
Asian elephant Burma enjoys her new digs in Australia
Auckland Zoo hosts successful Zoo and Aquarium Association Conference
Flying a rhinoceros from Auckland Zoo to Australia!
Auckland Zoo’s journey to make plastic-free a reality!
Auckland Zoo farewells much-loved giraffe Rukiya
Zoo’s Dinosaur Nights & Lights returns!
Otterly awesome arrival at Auckland Zoo
Ngā mihi nui to our invaluable volunteers!
Our Dinosaur Discovery Track is on its way back!
Happy 100th Sir David Attenborough!
Zoo births a boost for skink on the brink
Wild Heroes returns with action-packed fourth series!
Much-loved orangutan Charlie turns 45!
One good fairy tern deserves another
And that’s a wrap...2025!
Zoo’s summer art trail celebrates connecting in nature
Zoo pays tribute to rhino Zambezi and his impressive legacy
Zoo farewells much-loved elderly fur seal Ōrua
Zoo’s Dr Sarah Thomas to lead global non-profit of conservation educators
Zoo invites submissions for summer art trail
Zoo plea – please forego fireworks this Guy Fawkes
Kiwi incubating smart eggs for science
Rare alpine skinks born at Auckland Zoo
Rhino Nyah turns five
Winning outcome for critically ill wetlands bird
The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs with Dr. Clarke
Be part of the plastic pollution solution
Join us in celebrating our incredible Zoo volunteers
Wild Heroes returns with exciting new series
Zoo welcomes meerkat pups!
Examining the links between hormones and behaviour in siamang
Join us in drinking to a better future!
Great teamwork for kororā
A precious first trunk-to-trunk connection
Zoo offers lovers and mates a wild night out at Valentine’s Late
Weeks' old rhino calf ventures outside
And that's a wrap...2024!
Australia Bush Track reopens
We’ve got a new arrival to our Zoo – female meerkat Adia!
Auckland Zoo rhino Jamila delivers newborn in record time!
PalmOil Scan app – a win for us and for wildlife and wild places!
Keeper Emma shares her love for fur seal Orua
The wonders of wellbeing at Auckland Zoo
