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See what's on at Auckland Zoo

Opening hours:
9:30am - 5:00pm (Last entry at 4:15pm)

Plan your day

Our animals

Auckland Zoo is home to 126 species and over 1,000 animals.

Get involved

Partner, volunteer or work with us to help build a future for wildlife and wild places.

Experiences

Go behind-the-scenes, take a walk through the Zoo at night, become a Junior Keeper for the day and more.

Conservation

Conservation is at the heart of Auckland Zoo, it drives everything we do.

South East Asia

South East Asia is the most ambitious development in our 95-year-old history.

Bug Lab

EXHIBITION

Now on at Auckland Zoo, Bug Lab is a blockbuster science exhibition developed by New Zealand’s world-famous museum, Te Papa, with the Academy Award© winning Weta Workshop. Tickets on sale now.

Learn more >

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Zoo News

How do you X-ray a 250kg tortoise?

21.06.2018

Introducing our new Zoo Director!

19.06.2018

We're celebrating our amazing volunteers!

16.06.2018

Vets nurse egg-bound kiwi back to health

14.06.2018

Auckland Zoo welcomes cotton-top babies

14.06.2018

The stars of silk and the webs they weave

13.06.2018by Dr Phil Sirvid

more news

How to get here

Location

Auckland Zoo is on Motions Road, just west of downtown Auckland and next to Western Springs Reserve.

How to get here

Parking

Auckland Zoo has two large car parks providing free off-street parking for cars, charter buses and tour coaches.

Accessible car parking is available in the car park closest to the main entrance to the Zoo, for vehicles displaying a current mobility parking permit.