Wellington Zoo is caring for a Little Spotted Kiwi chick from ZEALANDIA, which was admitted to The Nest Te Kōhanga last week for treatment.

Zealandia is home to the only wild population of little spotted kiwi, on the mainland. Lady luck was on our side, because our group savoured the sight of five kiwi, up-close.

Photo taken on Aug. 2, 2020 shows the entrance of Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand. (Xinhua/Guo Lei) Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2020 shows the Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand.

More than 100,000 people visit Zealandia each year, looking and listening for one of the country’s five species of kiwi, the little spotted kiwi; for the sturdy takahe, also flightless; for the ...

ZEALANDIA Sanctuary, established in 1999, is the world's first fenced urban ecosanctuary. Spanning more than 500 acres, ZEALANDIA aims to preserve Wellington's valleys, forests and freshwater and ...

Elisabeth Easther talks to Latu Clark, tour guide at Wellington's Zealandia Eco Sanctuary. In hindsight I can see what a sweet childhood I had. We lived in Suva and in the weekends, we'd drive an ...

Travel writer Jacqui Gibson takes a night-time walking tour of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, Wellington’s urban eco-sanctuary, and discovers a new world on her doorstep.

Since 2000, 18 native species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates, have been reintroduced into Zealandia. For fellow Wellington resident Gary Lokum, the change in the local ...