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Experience New Zealand's unique and endangered native animals living wild in our unique fenced safe haven, less than 10 minutes from central Wellington. One of your best chances of seeing kiwi, tuatara and many other iconic species outside of captivity!

Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)

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- Responsible cat ownership: Microchipping
  - 24 Sep 2024
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  - Almost half of all households in Aotearoa own at least one domestic cat, and 20% own two or more. Being a responsible cat owner is vital to keeping your cat safe and happy and also to helping keep ...
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- Dead weasel found in trap
  - 24 Sep 2024
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  - Earlier this month, our solid sanctuary biosecurity systems put in place by our conservation team were put to the test, with a weasel discovered dead in a DOC200 trap at the southern end of the ...
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- Harbingers of spring
  - 24 Sep 2024
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  - With the end of August, the signs of spring are beginning to show all around us. Tūī and kererū have been regularly spotted around the brightly flowering kōwhai, and kōtukutuku/tree fuchsia flowers ...
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- Why should kākā be the next Bird of the Year?
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is proudly backing kākā for Bird of the Year 2024! Kākā are more than just a beautiful sight in Wellington—they’re a success story for Zealandia, Aotearoa New Zealand, ...
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- An unFROGettable journey
  - 2 Sep 2024
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  - The last of the captive population of pepeketua/Hamilton’s frogs have been released from their enclosure following the opening of a new boardwalk built to protect them from human foot traffic. This ...
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- From pines to podocarps
  - 28 Aug 2024
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  - Towering above visitors in the ngahere/forest, the non-native pine trees at Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne were originally planted as a forestry trial as early as the 1880s. Jo Ledington, General Manager ...
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- Take Action: Trapping at home with Predator Free Wellington
  - 28 Aug 2024
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  - We know that you care about the native taonga of Aotearoa and so does Predator Free Wellington (PFW). We caught up with the PFW team about Phase 2 of their plan to remove rats, possums, weasels, and ...
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- Out of one breeding season...and right into another!
  - 28 Aug 2024
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  - Despite things slowing down in winter, preparing for the upcoming breeding season keeps our rangers busy. We provide a few different bird species with nest boxes, which mimic the natural ...
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- Bringing back the giants of the forest
  - 28 Aug 2024
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  - A key part of our 500-year vision for Zealandia is a towering canopy of podocarps. Podocarps are Aotearoa New Zealand’s tallest trees, such as rimu, kahikatea, and tōtara. While we generally ...
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- Media Release: Major national conservation milestone for rare native frog species
  - 26 Aug 2024
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  - ZEALANDIA MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: 27 August 2024 Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne has released a captive population of rare pepeketua/Hamilton’s frogs into the wild at the ...
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- Celebrating our amazing volunteers
  - 23 Aug 2024
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  - Recently we hosted a very special awards night for the volunteers of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne. Over 500 people continue to support our staff by volunteering across the organisation, from ...
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- A nose for kiwi
  - 16 Aug 2024
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  - While normally any furry mammals are kept well out of the sanctuary, this month we opened the gates for some very special working dogs. These dogs are part of the Conservation Dogs programme which ...
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- Dead weasel found in Zealandia’s biosecurity trapping network
  - 1 Aug 2024
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  - Yesterday our solid sanctuary biosecurity systems put in place by our conservation team were put to the test, with a weasel discovered dead in a DOC200 trap at the southern end of the sanctuary. The ...
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- Last chance for Dawn Walks
  - 29 Jul 2024
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  - Dawn at Zealandia is a very special time of day, which you can experience through a Dawn Walk. These walks include a 3-hour guided tour in the valley before opening hours, a light snack during and ...
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- Why do people volunteer?
  - 29 Jul 2024
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  - Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne relies heavily on our amazing community of volunteers. Our volunteers help us with a wide range of tasks and activities. They come from all walks of life and are passionate ...
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- Rainy day magic
  - 29 Jul 2024
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  - Thinking you won't see any birds if you come to Zealandia in the winter months? Well, think again! Birds' senses are generally well in tune with approaching weather changes, and many of the ...
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- Te Māhanga boardwalk is open!
  - 29 Jul 2024
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  - The new boardwalk down Te Māhanga track is now open! Thank you again for your patience as we carried out this important mahi. We’ve built this boardwalk to keep the pepeketua/Hamilton’s frogs safe ...
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- Take action: Volunteering in conservation
  - 29 Jul 2024
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  - Lynn Freeman has been a volunteer at Zealandia for many years and is our most recent recipient of our Faye Schaef Award. This award is given to a volunteer who exhibits the qualities and ...
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- Closures July 2024
  - 18 Jul 2024
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  - The sanctuary will be closed from 23-25 July for the felling of some large pine trees over Lake Road. There will be no access into the valley for anyone for the health and safety of our visitors, ...
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- Sanctuary Closure 23-25th July
  - 18 Jul 2024
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  - The sanctuary will be closed from 23-25 July for the felling of some large pine trees over Lake Road. There will be no access into the valley for anyone for the health and safety of our visitors, ...
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- Birds of a (variety of) feathers
  - 23 Jun 2024
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  - Walking in the sanctuary is a whole new experience in autumn and winter. Fungi peek their heads out of the ground, the green colours of the plants pop in the damp ngahere/forest and different manu ...
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- It’s the Five-Minute Countdown (of birds)
  - 23 Jun 2024
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  - The Conservation team have been carrying out their biannual Five-Minute Bird Counts (5MBC) recently, in which they count all birds seen or heard within 200 meters of various stations around the ...
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- Take Action: Bringing the birds to her backyard
  - 23 Jun 2024
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  - At Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, we recommend planting trees to attract manu/birds to your backyard. Zealandia volunteer and local artist Melissa Boardman shares her experience with feeding and planting ...
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- “Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua.”
  - 20 Jun 2024
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  - Last year we did something we, and likely no one else in NZ had ever done before – a freshwater ika/fish translocation for restoration purposes. This project was full of learnings for us, all of ...
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- Media release: Partnering indigenous knowledge systems and western science to help freshwater
  - 9 Jun 2024
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  - ZEALANDIA MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: 10 June 2024 A traditional mātauranga Māori method has been used successfully to collect freshwater fish in the latest translocation at ...
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- Mātauranga in Action
  - 26 May 2024
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  - The 2024 collection of toitoi has now happened! A small team joined a group of Taranaki Whānui ki te Ūpoko o te Ika whānau on April 20th to collect toitoi from Kohangapiripiri at Parangarahu Lakes. ...
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- Release the Frogs!
  - 26 May 2024
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  - There will be some closures on Te Māhanga track from May until the end of June as part of a very exciting project to release the population of pepeketua/Hamilton’s Frogs from their enclosures later ...
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- First Line of De-Fence
  - 23 May 2024
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  - The first of its kind in the world, Zealandia’s fence prevents all kinds of mammalian predators from entering the 225-hectare sanctuary inside. The curved top hat stops climbing predators, the ...
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- Who ya gonna call? Weedbusters!
  - 5 May 2024
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  - While the fence does a fabulous job keeping out mammalian predators, invasive plants are a bit trickier to contain. Our conservation team have been on the hunt recently for floral pests in ...
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- Leaping Lizards!
  - 1 May 2024
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  - Recently a rainbow skink (Lampropholis delicata, also known as plague skinks) has been spotted in Glenside. You might remember our story earlier this year about these lizards which had yet to make ...
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