Wildlife and Bird Watching in Auckland
These maps are intended as a guideline only; you must check the exact location of the reserve yourself. Wildlife Extra assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or usefulness of the information on this website.
- Ark in the Park
- Atawhai Reserve
- Atuanui Scenic Reserve
- Colin Kerr-Taylor Memorial Reserve
- Goat Island Marine Reserve
- Little Barrier Island
- Motuihe Island
- Muriwai Regional Park - Gannets
- Onetangi Reserve
- Rangitoto Island Scenic Reserve
- Tangiaro Stream - Brown teal
- Tawharanui Open Sanctuary
- Tiritiri Matangi Island
- Waikawau Bay
Recent Auckland news
- 8th kakapo released onto Auckland island
- Kakapo moved to predator free island north of Auckland
- Sixty tuatara released onto Auckland island
- Saving the Kereru, New Zealand’s only native pigeon
- Endangered Bryde's whale killed by apparent ship strike
- Massive marine sanctuary planned for New Zealand subtropics
- New Zealand’s ‘Game Animal Council’ – putting hunting before conservation?
- Tawharanui Marine Reserve officially declared in New Zealand
- One of the world’s most renowned conservationists has died
- Net ban may be last hope for New Zealand’s most endangered dolphins
More Auckland news
- Slaughter of endangered shorebirds condemned in NZ
- Thousands of New Zealand seabirds starving in La Nina conditions
- Kokako chicks in Auckland Ark for first time in 80 years
- Shocking images: possums and stoats eat kea chicks
- New Zealand government drawing up plans to allow mining on conservation land
- Leucistic Oystercatcher in Auckland
- Kakariki breeding on Auckland Island for first time in 100 years
- Yellow-crowned kakariki released on Maungatautari Eco Island
- Kokako released in Auckland’s ‘Ark in the Park’
- Auckland conservation boost to kokako numbers
- Riflemen, New Zealand’s smallest bird, moved to Tiritiri Matangi Island
Field guide to the wildlife of New Zealand
Field guide to the wildlife of New Zealand
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