Wild Heroes

The Zoo team travel to the wild jungles of Sumatra to help an endangered species and new tigers arrive at Auckland Zoo as part of an important breeding programme.

Auckland Zoo vets work to save an extremely rare and critically endangered native bird, and the Zoo team head to the Southern Alps on vital conservation work.

Auckland Zoo engages in a conservation emergency to save a native species on the brink of extinction and the vet team treat one of the largest lizard species in the world.

The Zoo team help return hand-reared birds to the wild in a mobilised effort to save the species and a new zebra at Auckland Zoo has a life-changing dental procedure.

Auckland Zoo's two Sumatran tigers come together as part of an important breeding programme and the Zoo team travel to French Polynesia to save an endemic species.

Orangutan Daya moves from quarantine, the vet team work to save a critically ill turtle, giraffe Karaka gives birth and the Zoo returns rescued lizards back to the wild.

An injured flamingo is rushed to the vet hospital, Burma the elephant gets important health treatments and the Auckland Zoo team travels to Rarotonga on vital wild work.

An injured royal albatross is rushed to the vet hospital, new ostriches arrive at Auckland Zoo, and the team join forces to save a critically endangered native lizard.

Sumatran tiger Zayana gives birth, the Zoo team hatch and raise native kakariki karaka chicks for release and the Zoo travels to a volcanic island on vital wild work.

A Sumatran tiger cub is rushed to the vet hospital, orangutan Daya is united with the family and the Zoo team embarks on a conservation emergency to the South Island.