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Welcome and immerse yourself in our tropical butterfly house or travel back in time in Dinosaur Kingdom when dinosaurs ruled. Meet Scar and Goldie, NZ’s only salt water crocodiles. We have farm animals, alligators, bugs, a beautiful bird aviary plus check out our latest exhibit Kiwi Forest.
Sit down for home-made food in our café, ride our train or relax in the free playground. We offer kids birthday parties, functions and catering. Plus we’re a fun educational day out for schools and ECE’s.
Whats On at Butterfly Creek
A year in the making, Kiwi Forest features our stunning new kiwi nocturnal house, home to Tapu and Ipo our newly arrived Brown Kiwi. The new Kiwi Forest house provides Tapu and Ipo with a state of the art New Zealand forest setting and will immerse you in a true night-time forest experience.
Kiwi Forest also includes giant weta – Butterfly Creek is the home of the captive rear and release programme for the wetapunga – as well as other native species. The wetland walkway will take you past our newly arrived Asian Short-Clawed Otters and onto a large platform where you can view hundreds of Short-Finned Eels.
These Holidays - Junior Keeper Programme
Do you have a child that loves animals and everything about them? Our Junior Keeper programme will leave them buzzing as they spend a day with our keepers and animals.
They will learn what it is like to be a zookeeper – cleaning, feeding, monitoring, caring and playing with the animals. This fun and educational program offers children the opportunity to see our animals up close and have an extraordinary experience.
Junior keeper runs during school holidays or by special appointment. The programme requires a minimum of three children per session to run (we will organise children into a suitable session).
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