Auckland Zoo is a 16.35-hectare (40-acre) zoological garden in Auckland, New Zealand, situated next to Western Springs Park not far from Auckland's central business district. It is run by Auckland Council with the Zoological Society of Auckland as a supporting organisation.
Zoo entrance on Motions Road
Boyd's Animals – This newspaper article was in "The Auckland Weekly News" and is from June 1922, it reads: Wanted – A zoo for Auckland: some of the animals, formerly housed at Onehunga, which are to be destroyed unless the city agrees to purchase them.
Auckland Zoo's elderly female hippopotamus Snorkel, who has since died, in Auckland Zoo's former hippopotamus exhibit.
Ostrich eggs in Auckland Zoo; September 2012
Western Springs Reserve, also known as Western Springs Lakeside Te Wai Ōrea, consists of a sanctuary for wildlife, surrounding a lake fed by the natural springs. There are walking paths surrounding the lake with bridges going across sections of it. Auckland Zoo, Museum of Transport & Technology and Western Springs Stadium are all situated around the park.
Park seating overlooking the lake at Western Springs Lakeside Te Wai Ōrea
The park's artificial dammed lake is fed from a natural freshwater aquifer.
Ōrea or New Zealand long fin eel illustrated in 1875
The Western Springs lake and pumphouse in 1880
