skip to content skip to navigation

News and media for ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience Wellington New Zealand

 

Latest News From ZEALANDIA & Karori Sanctuary Trust

ZEALANDIA in the News

As one of New Zealand's most exciting eco-tourism attractions and a national leader in wildlife conservation, ZEALANDIA and the Karori Sanctuary Trust are always making the headlines, here and overseas.

Already this year we have celebrated the discovery of our first falcon chicks; welcomed a further 50 Cook Strait giant weta; embarked on a major population census of our kiwi and been voted one of the world's greenest companies! Watch out for news on our upcoming re-introduction of kakariki (red-crowned parakeets) and takahe...

Click on the links below to find the latest news from ZEALANDIA and the Trust.










  • ZEALANDIA's earliest kaka chicks on record are about to fly the nest. But before they join the sanctuary's 100-strong flock, they need to be weighed, measured, banded and microchipped! More...








  • ZEALANDIA and the Department of Conservation (DOC) are hoping to remove brown trout from the upper Karori reservoir and the streams flowing into it this summer. This would be a “first” for New Zealand, as the complete removal of introduced fish from streams has not been successful here before. More...







  • Dr Hugh Robertson and ZEALANDIA Conservation Manager Raewyn Empson discuss the state of the mainland's only little spotted kiwi population, ten years after it was established. Dr Kristina Ramstad discusses 'genetic variation and founder effects among little spotted kiwi' and Andrew Digby talks about his bioacoustic research into the ZEALANDIA population. More...


  • Almost exactly ten years to the day after our first 20 little spotted kiwi were released, we're inviting visitors to celebrate our successes in establishing New Zealand's first (and only) mainland population with a special activity day. More...






  • The wet and windy Wellington weather we all know and love need no longer get in the way of enjoying ZEALANDIA with this special winter offer! More...




















  • Conservation staff at ZEALANDIA were in for a surprise when they tried to track down a transmittered giant weta recently. More...











  • Karori Sanctuary is the latest local attraction to join the Government's SuperGold seniors' card scheme. More...




News Archive

You can access our News Archive by clicking on the following links. 

  99  00 01  02  03   04  05  06-07  08 Kereru member newsletters 

MoST Content Management V3.0.4009