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Come celebrate Matariki at Auckland Zoo with your whānau these school holidays!
With exciting self-directed activities, soul warming kai to share, Matariki themed Tamariki Time (for growing tamariki) and a School Holiday Special on our newly launched Te Wao Nui Tours, there's no better way to kick off a new whānau tradition than connecting with nature and wildlife.
On our centenary, 16 December 2022, Auckland Zoo launched the exhibition 100 Years: Celebrating a century of wild life at Auckland Zoo – proudly supported by Barfoot and Thompson.
Open to all Auckland Zoo visitors until Monday 17 July 2023, this dynamic experience in the Zoo’s exhibition space, The Domes, offers an incredible journey into the Zoo’s past, present and future - featuring photos, videos, and fun interactive activities for all ages.
We’ve launched a website dedicated to celebrating our centenary – 100 years of being Auckland’s Zoo.
We invite you to be part of our centenary celebrations. If we’re going to have a celebration, then it may as well go on for a full year. Share your memories, journey into the Zoo’s past, present and future, and join us for an exciting programme of onsite and online activities happening all throughout our centenary.
Check out our exclusive 100th Year t-shirts, bags, and tea towels! To celebrate our 100th year, we’ve created an exclusive range of t-shirts featuring a selection of animals in Auckland Zoo’s care, plus our special anniversary logo.
By purchasing from this range, you’ll not only sport a unique design, but also help our conservation efforts for these important species.
Get the latest news about our animals, our staff, our vet hospital and the conservation field work we are involved with in New Zealand …
Our Facebook page is the best way to keep up to date with everything happening at the Zoo, even while our doors are shut.
We'll be sending email newsletters regularly to keep you up to date with everything thats happening at the Zoo and beyond.
If you wish to support the Zoo, we accept donations online to a variety of Zoo activities both on-site and further afield through our Wild Work.
This beautiful 336-page book showcases the Zoo’s rich and colourful history, with full colour photography and illustrations, it features a diverse collection of captivating stories, unexpected animal adventures, and insights into the groundbreaking conservation work by the Zoo and its partners.
Auckland Zoo is on Motions Road, just west of downtown Auckland and next to Western Springs Reserve.
For bus / public transport options to get to Auckland Zoo, visit the Auckland Transport website. If taking the bus, the closest stop is 8124 on Great North Road, opposite Motions Road (with a short walk down Motions Road to Auckland Zoo).
Auckland Zoo has two large car parks providing off-street parking for cars, charter buses and tour coaches. It costs $2/hour to park in the Zoo car parks, with a maximum charge of $8. Parking charges apply from 9am to 5pm every day.
Accessible car parking is available in the Motions Road car park, closest to the main entrance to the Zoo, for vehicles displaying a current mobility parking permit. Street parking along Motions Road and Old Mill Road is free and, in some areas is time-restricted to 3 hours.
