Auckland Zoo's dinosaur lights show captivates visitors at night
'It's dinosaur nights and lights. We're in a place that is simultaneously incredibly exciting, a lot mysterious and quite a bit spooky,' he said.
The Dinosaur Discovery Track
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23-06-2025
- NZ Herald
Auckland Zoo's dinosaur lights show captivates visitors at night
Kevin Buley, the director of Auckland Zoo and a self-confessed dinosaur nut, is just a little bit excited about his latest attraction. 'It's dinosaur nights and lights. We're in a place that is simultaneously incredibly exciting, a lot mysterious and quite a bit spooky,' he said. The Dinosaur Discovery Track
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- NZ Herald
Auckland Zoo's Dinosaur Discovery Track to wow visitors this winter
'For many of us, including me, dinosaurs are a gateway that lead to a life-long connection to nature and to conservation,' Buley said. 'We hope to inspire new audiences about not just extinct species, we also want to get them excited and motivated about all those wildlife species that are still with us, and now desperately need our help to stop them going the way of the dinosaurs and disappearing forever.' The dinosaur track is located in Burma the elephant's old home, opening up this part of the zoo for the first time since she packed her trunk and moved to Australia. Nineteen different species feature among the life-size creatures that move, roar and even spit water. Kids young and old can also get up close with a Pachyrhinosaurus, a species currently in the news after the Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum in Canada revealed how thousands of the animals died in a single day at Pipestone Creek. While Pachyrhinosaurus was a herbivore, more scary flesh-eating monsters are featured including the Baryonyx and everyone's favourite, the Tyrannosaurus (T-Rex). There's also a chance to be a real-life palaeontologist taking part in digs, and more up-to-date elements using interactive and digital media. Dinosaur Rangers roam the track, too, and are 'boned-up' on these creatures that lived between 252-66 million years ago. Who thought a trip to the zoo could also include time travel? The Dinosaur Discovery Track is on at Auckland Zoo until October.
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Kangaroos hop into their new home at Auckland Zoo
Auckland Zoo has welcomed some guests from across the Tasman on the eve of Anzac Day. A mob of forester kangaroos, a subspecies of the eastern grey kangaroos, are settling into the zoo's Australia Bush Track exhibit under the care of the animal experiences team. A section of the Australia Bush Track, which also housed emu, brolga and Cunningham's skinks, would be temporarily closed as the marsupials are introduced to the habitat. "It's still early days for the 'roos to get to know their new surroundings and our kaimahi," the zoo said in a post to Facebook. "While we're excited for you to meet them, we can't guarantee that you'll be able to see the kangaroos this week." Guests wanting to jump at the chance to see them were encouraged to keep an eye on the zoo's social media and website for updates.
