The Zoo TV show
The multi
award-winning television show, The Zoo, all about the animals,
keepers and vets here at Auckland Zoo
The Zoo Fast Facts
- The Zoo (Series 1) first screened in 1999 on TV One.
- The Zoo is produced by Greenstone TV Ltd, and now screens in
over 35 countries, including Australia, Ireland, the U.K, Thailand,
Belgium, Israel, USA, Russia and in countries in the Middle East,
Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and Scandinavia
- When The Zoo show screens in New Zealand and Australia (GEM
free-to-air channel) it attracts around 500,000 viewers per
screening
- Long-time stars of The Zoo include senior primate keeper
Christine Tintinger, carnivore keeper Sandra Rice, elephant team
leader Andrew Coers, primate team leader Amy Robbins, Pridelands
team leader Nat Sullivan, and NZ Birds and Mammal team leader
Andrew Nelson.