Orana Wildlife Park

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23/04/2025

🌦️ After a school holidays full of rain, the sun has finally come out – and our zebra foals are loving it! 🦓☀️ Watch them stretch their legs and make the most of the dry weather!

It’s the last chance to take advantage of our kids visit FREE* school holiday special – ends sunday! 🎉

Come soak up the sunshine, see the stripes in action, and make some wild memories before school starts again!

Book your visit here: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/14197

*T&C’s apply. Two kids visit FREE with each paying adult, student or senior. Offer cannot be combined with any other discounts or the annual pass. Valid until Sunday 27 April.

**Update, it is now working 🙌**OUR WEBSITE IS DOWN 😢 While we work on getting this sorted, below is our animal presentat...
23/04/2025

**Update, it is now working 🙌**

OUR WEBSITE IS DOWN 😢 While we work on getting this sorted, below is our animal presentation schedule for the next few days.

To book your visit and take advantage of our awesome kids visit FREE* offer visit: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/14197

*Two kids visit FREE with each paying adult, student or senior. Offer cannot be combined with any other discounts or the annual pass. Valid until Sunday 27 April.

We apologise for the inconvenience and hope to have this up and running as soon as possible.

We were thrilled to have seven of our precious kākāriki karaka chicks join 13 more from our friends at The Isaac Conserv...
22/04/2025

We were thrilled to have seven of our precious kākāriki karaka chicks join 13 more from our friends at The Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust for the second release EVER of kākāriki karaka to Anchor Island just over a week ago!

Anchor Island is one of only a few predator-free sanctuaries where this taonga species can be released to safely. Our team are privileged to be helping to populate this recently established site.

The third and final release of the season is scheduled for next month 🙌

Happy Easter from all of us at Orana! 🐣We hope you have an egg-stra special day!While Easter eggs are a sweet treat, at ...
19/04/2025

Happy Easter from all of us at Orana! 🐣
We hope you have an egg-stra special day!

While Easter eggs are a sweet treat, at Orana, we’re passionate about the real thing — especially when it comes to conservation. From Kiwi to Whio to Pāteke and more, our team is dedicated to protecting and nurturing some of Aotearoa’s most precious eggs.

📸 This is a kiwi egg being candled — a vital part of monitoring its development.

We hope you have a flapping good weekend!Orana is open every day throughout the Easter and Anzac weekends, 10am - 5pm (l...
17/04/2025

We hope you have a flapping good weekend!
Orana is open every day throughout the Easter and Anzac weekends, 10am - 5pm (last entry by 4pm).

Meet our delightful zebra foals, hunt for the painted ostrich eggs and kids visit Free!
See our website for more info (link in bio).

A little more zebra spam coming at you, we promise to share photos of our other amazing animals again soon! But for now ...
16/04/2025

A little more zebra spam coming at you, we promise to share photos of our other amazing animals again soon! But for now here is another dose of zebra foal cuteness 😍

📷 Herbie

🐣🥚 EASTER EGG HUNT ALERT! 🥚🐣Are you ready to hunt for something BIG this Easter? 👀We've hidden 3 giant ostrich eggs arou...
11/04/2025

🐣🥚 EASTER EGG HUNT ALERT! 🥚🐣
Are you ready to hunt for something BIG this Easter? 👀

We've hidden 3 giant ostrich eggs around the Park — and they’re not easy to spot! 🔍
Find all three and you could WIN an egg-citing prize! 🎁🎉

📅 When: Saturday 12 - Sunday 27 April 2025
📍 Where: Hidden around Orana
🎯 Your mission: Spot all 3 oversized ostrich eggs (pictured) and enter the draw at reception.
🐣 5 lucky egg finders will win!

Hop to it — those eggs won’t stay hidden forever! 🐇💨
For more information check out our website https://bit.ly/47U2GG2

❓ FUN FACT FRIDAY ❓ Zebra foals are able to recognize their mother from birth in order to survive. A foal learns its mo...
11/04/2025

❓ FUN FACT FRIDAY ❓ Zebra foals are able to recognize their mother from birth in order to survive. A foal learns its mother’s stripe pattern (which is unique like a fingerprint) so they can follow her. Mothers will often separate from the herd a short distance so that their foals can imprint on them. Once the foal can identify its mother, the mare and her foal return to the herd for protection.

🎉 You asked, we listened! 🎉To celebrate the arrival of our adorable zebra foals, we're bringing back a favourite... KIDS...
10/04/2025

🎉 You asked, we listened! 🎉
To celebrate the arrival of our adorable zebra foals, we're bringing back a favourite... KIDS VISIT FREE* these April school holidays!

That’s right — from 12–27 April 2025, kids get FREE entry*.
Meet the foals, and make some striped memories!

👉 *T&Cs apply: bit.ly/45W5j9s

09/04/2025

Double the Stripes, Double the Cuteness!
We are thrilled to announce for the first time in over 30yrs, we’ve had not one but two adorable zebra foals born at the Park 🥰

We’ve appreciated our amazing visitors patience while our herd has been off display, allowing them time to bond. We’re sure it has been worth the wait!

❓FUN FACT FRIDAY❓Cape Barren goose is sometimes referred to as the pig goose as they produce sounds similar to a gruntin...
04/04/2025

❓FUN FACT FRIDAY❓Cape Barren goose is sometimes referred to as the pig goose as they produce sounds similar to a grunting pig 🐷

01/04/2025

Happy International Tasmanian Devil Day 🙌 Today we celebrate the largest carnivorous marsupial.

April 1 was chosen for ITDD because most Tasmanian devils are born in the first week of April. It is hard to tell the exact dates as Tasmanian devils give birth to 40 jellybean sized babies and it is survival of the fittest as their are only four teats in the mothers pouch.

Tasmanian devils were once found across mainland Australia, sadly they are now only found in Tasmania.
Our mischievous boys Darana, Chester Campbell, John and Talei are wonderful ambassadors for their wild cousins, as in the wild they face serious threats, including habitat loss, road collisions, and disease, making conservation critical.

🎥: Some special ITDD enrichment for the boys.

31/03/2025

A massive happy birthday to Reggie, who turned 9 today 🥳 the team created this cool ball and put meat inside, two gifts in one 🙌

30/03/2025

This Whio Awareness Week, we want to celebrate the incredible legacy of Mrs Whio, our superstar mumma duck who sadly passed away last month at the age of 9—outliving the typical whio lifespan of 7–8 years.

Since arriving at Orana in 2017 as part of the Whio Recovery Programme, Mrs Whio and her devoted partner, Mr Whio, have had close to 80 ducklings—most of whom have been released into the wild! With only around 3,000 whio left in the wild, her contribution to the survival of this precious species is nothing short of remarkable.

Her impact lives on in the rivers and streams where her ducklings now thrive. Our team is honoured to be part of this vital recovery programme, and we will always remember Mrs Whio’s role in helping secure a future for her species.

❓ FUN FACT FRIDAY X WHIO AWARENESS WEEK ❓ The upper bill of a whio has a tiny comb-like structure (lamellae) around the ...
28/03/2025

❓ FUN FACT FRIDAY X WHIO AWARENESS WEEK ❓ The upper bill of a whio has a tiny comb-like structure (lamellae) around the edge of the beak, this allows the whio to strain small insects and plants out of the water.

Sadly whio are a threatened species, they were once found throughout New Zealand. Today they are limited to Urewera, East Cape and central areas of the North Island, along the West Coast of the South Island from Nelson to Fiordland. The most recent releases site has been in South Westland.

Whio need your help, they may seem tame and unafraid, but to keep them safe you should give them space and watch them from a distance. When out in their territory ensure you keep the waterways and the river environment clean by taking out what you bring in, and leave your dogs at home or keep them on a leash.

Those Wednesday feels ☺️ the perfect excuse for a nap in the sun ☀️
26/03/2025

Those Wednesday feels ☺️ the perfect excuse for a nap in the sun ☀️

❓ FUN FACT FRIDAY ❓The newborn joey of a Tasmanian devil is the size of a grain of rice!The mother gives birth to around...
21/03/2025

❓ FUN FACT FRIDAY ❓The newborn joey of a Tasmanian devil is the size of a grain of rice!
The mother gives birth to around 20-40 joeys at once. However, these joeys have to beat their siblings to her pouch, as it only has four teats.
The joey's live in their mother’s pouch for around three months before they start to venture out on their own.

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793 McLeans Island Road
Christchurch
8051

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+6433597109

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