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Community 30 May 2016

Zoo Tales: Meerkat mob

Mealworms, rodents, lizards and even scorpions - a meerkat will munch them all! Meet keeper Nick and learn all about our inquisitive mob of seven meerkats.

Kids / Family 27 May 2016

Have you tried the piano stairs?

Aotea Square has been filled with music recently as piano stairs were installed on the steps of the Aotea Centre.

Community 27 May 2016

Zoo Tales: Punk-rock cotton-tops

One of the most endangered primates in the world, their punk-rock shock of white hair gives them their most appropriate name!

Community 20 May 2016

Zoo Tales: Orangutan Charlie

Taking a blood sample from a male orangutan with a two metre arm-span is no easy task!

Free 18 May 2016

Trees to return to Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill summit

A dawn planting ceremony next month will mark the first phase of returning a tree to the tihi (summit) of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill.

Community 13 May 2016

Zoo Tales: Miniature Monkeys

This week on Zoo Tales, meet the flower eating monkeys June and Piccolo.

Community 12 May 2016

How sign language saved Graham's cat

How NZSL saved Graham's cat.

Community 12 May 2016

Cleaning up Ōtara's waterways and lake

The Ōtara Creek Community Planting Day on 28 May will kick off a wider community effort and strategy to bring about change in the Ōtara waterways and lake.