Tuatara at Karori Sanctuary Trust

A paradise that took 80 million years to evolve, was almost destroyed in the last few hundred...

Karori Sanctuary Trust has an extraordinary 500-year vision: to restore a corner of New Zealand as closely as possible to the way it was the day before humans arrived .

Our groundbreaking 225ha (550 acre) sanctuary for native wildlife, established in 1995, was a major breakthrough in the recovery of native wildlife on mainland New Zealand, reversing a decline that has lasted for at least 700 years. Find out more...

Maud Island frog (pepeketua)

Join us on our extraordinary 500-year journey...

Open to the public 364 days a year, ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience allows visitors to explore the world's first fully-fenced mainland 'conservation island', experience cutting-edge conservation in action and learn about an incredible story that has been 80 million years in the making.

A paradise that took 80 million years to evolve, was almost destroyed in the last few hundred...

Karori Sanctuary Trust has an extraordinary 500-year vision: to restore a corner of New Zealand as closely as possible to the way it was the day before humans arrived. Its groundbreaking 225ha (550 acre) sanctuary for native wildlife, established in 1995, was a major breakthrough in the recovery of native wildlife on mainland New Zealand, reversing a decline that has lasted for at least 700 years. Open to the public 364 days a year, ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience allows visitors to explore the world's first fully-fenced mainland 'conservation island', experience cutting-edge conservation in action and learn about an incredible story that has been 80 million years in the making. More >>>

An incredible story that has been 80 million years in the making…

Coming Soon...

Work is now well underway on our new world-class Visitor & Education Centre. Due to open in early 2010, the Centre is the biggest tourism initiative of its kind currently under development in New Zealand. Find out more...

Visitor & Education Centre at Karori Sanctuary