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We do everything we can to make sure you have an amazing experience every time you visit Auckland Zoo.
To ensure we’re meeting the requirements of a good modern zoo today and into the future, it’s necessary that we carry out essential ongoing maintenance and upgrades to our animal habitats and visitor spaces.
On this page, you’ll find information on what areas of our Zoo are currently being worked on. We aim to have the most up to date information available, however please be aware that weather and other circumstances can impact these dates.
Starting on Monday 24 February, the African lion habitat will be receiving some maintenance works to ensure the habitat is in tip top shape. This work is scheduled to happen during weekdays only, from Monday 24 – Friday 28 February 2025 and Monday 10 – Friday 14 March 2025.
This means you’ll still be able to visit the Zoo’s pride of lions – sisters Aziza, Kibibi and Ilola – during weekends over this time. While the works are taking place, you’ll be able to visit the rest of our immersive Africa Safari Track as you usually would.
MOTAT is commencing essential upgrades to the tramway along Motions Road.
Planned works will be in two phases from now until June, and are not expected to impact school holidays though there will be some traffic management measures in place at certain times.
Starting on 17 February, the Zoo’s ‘carpark two’ (the carpark by TAPAC) will remain available for parking, but there will be changes to the entry and exit lanes for vehicles until 6 March.
Following that, there will be a single lane of traffic on Motions Road at selected times until late June.
Please visit MOTAT’s website for more information.
You’ll see some changes to our Australia Bush Track.
To welcome some new species to our Zoo whānau – kangaroos and frilled necked lizards! – some essential upgrades needed to take place in key areas on the track.
The arrival of a mob of Eastern grey kangaroo from Australia has unfortunately been delayed, but these Aussie icons are still coming – they’ll just be arriving a little later into 2025.
A fabulous addition to the track is an expansive new 4m high habitat for rock-dwelling skinks and arboreal dragons. Already moved in and making themselves at home are 18 Cunningham’s skinks. Joining them in 2025 will be some spectacular frilled-necked dragons – an extraordinary and unique arboreal lizard native to northern Australia - which will be new to the Zoo and a first for New Zealand.
Areas that are having maintenance and upgrades have hoardings or fencing surrounding them, and signage stating what is happening and if needed, what pathways are accessible to you. If you have any queries on your visit, please ask our friendly staff or volunteers.
We will endeavour to keep this page updated with the most up to date information that we have, so please do check back in case things change.