This year, 2014, Orana Wildlife Park – a place very dear to my heart – turns 38 years old. New Zealand’s only Open Range Wildlife Park, an icon of Christchurch and much loved by New Zealanders all over. The dream began as far back as 1970. Neville Jemmett approached the Christchurch City Council about building …
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On 25 September 1976, New Zealand’s first and only open range zoo opened. Only 16 hectares in size on opening day, 10 of these were the Drive-Thru Lion Reserve, which closed to cars in March 1995. Today, Orana is 80 hectares and houses roughly 400 animals – from New Zealand natives to African wildlife. For …
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