Zealandia is the world’s first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with a 500-year restoration vision.
Wellington, New Zealand
Joined July 2009
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Ready, set, go! Get your #BirdOfTheYear VOTE FOR KIWI in until 28 September!
✅ Go to birdoftheyear.org.nz
✅ Select 5 birds and make sure kiwi is one of them
✅ Type in your name and email
✅ Validate your vote via a link from Forest & Bird
Pic by Judi Lapsley Miller
Bird of the Year 2025 opens tomorrow! Make sure kiwi is one of your 5 votes 🥝
Kiwi pukupuku/little spotted kiwi is this year’s rep for all kiwi species. Vote for the national icon + remember to verify your ballot via email at birdoftheyear.org.nz
Pic by Judi Lapsley Miller
Zealandia is campaigning for kiwi in #BirdOfTheYear or #BOTY 2025!
This year’s ‘party leader’ for the 5 kiwi species is kiwi pukupuku, the smallest of kiwi with the BIGGEST conservation success story.
Vote KIWI from 15 Sep! birdoftheyear.org.nz/
Graphic by Lucy Gray
By 1912, the kiwi pukupuku species was thought to be down to just 5 and moved to Kāpiti Island.
In 2000s, 40 were brought to Zealandia in Wellington with 15 of their descendants translocated out to support another population in 2025.
📷 John Hermans, Lynn Freeman
To celebrate this conservation success and inspire hope and action, we're rallying Kiwis to VOTE KIWI for #BirdOfTheYear.
Will you help us spread the word?
Voting opens: 15 Sep on birdoftheyear.org.nz
Choose 5 faves, include kiwi, and validate your vote via email!
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne retweeted
STORY📰 What lies beneath? Hydrographers from HMNZS Matataua have conducted an underwater survey at @Zealandia to search for submerged hazards and shallows. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…
Yesterday our sanctuary biosecurity systems were put to the test. A weasel was discovered dead in a DOC200 trap in the sanctuary. The good news is these safe-guarding systems are working.
More info: bit.ly/4cfEuiS
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne retweeted
@ZEALANDIA Rātā café absolutely snubbed in the nominations smh
You told us your favourite cheese scones, we heard you!
These are the scones around the Wellington region nominated the most — now we need to lock in your absolute faves.
Click the link below to cast your vote and settle the debate once and for all.
wellingtonnz.com/competition…
Ka rawe!
Thank you for sharing your trip with us! 💚
Thanks @FlyAirNZ , @PureNewZealand @ZEALANDIA , going to remember the trip for a long time. Summer in #NewZealand followed by a second in the #uk . What an amazing time in #Aotearoa. Kids even made a video for their class.
Take the sounds of the ngahere/forest wherever you go 💚
'Sanctuary Soundscapes' is now available on most streaming platforms 🎧
➡️found.ee/SanctuarySoundscape…
WE DID IT! 🙌 Our little not-for-profit has been named the top tourism operation in Aotearoa New Zealand as winner of the prestigious Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award.
Read more: bit.ly/3suKlzV
#NZTourismAwards
In case you need help with your Halloween costume this year...👻🎃
We're backing takahē for @Forest_and_Bird's #BirdoftheCentury. They're a unique manu/bird, conservation icon and survivor.
Show your support by voting for takahē for Bird of the Year: birdoftheyear.org.nz/
Today our sanctuary biosecurity systems were put to the test with a weasel discovered dead in a DOC200 trap at the southern end of the sanctuary.
More info bit.ly/3QoKn5u
MEDIA RELEASE: Wellington’s population of takahē doubles
Zealandia are assisting takahē recovery through advocacy. This pair are considered infertile. Hosting them at Zealandia means valuable breeding habitat is available for a pair that can have chicks.
bit.ly/3EfWWJG
Three-year-old female Waitaa and six-year-old male Bendigo have arrived at Zealandia and are settling into their new home 💚
rnz.co.nz/news/national/4967…
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne retweeted
New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary bbc.in/44tcW5J
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne retweeted
Lovely to see this handsome new takahē couple join @Wellington_NZ predator free bird sanctuary @ZEALANDIA. 3 yr old Waitaa and 6 yr old male Bendigo join takahē Neo and Orbell at the sanctuary, after arriving by air from the Burwood Takahē Breeding Centre in @TeAnauNZ @docgovtnz
