Wild Heroes

The Auckland Zoo vets fight to save a gravely ill sea turtle and travel to the Pacific Islands to support the remarkable Fijian iguana.

A tough decision is made for the wellbeing of geriatric Southern white rhinoceros Zambezi, and the Zoo team releases giant wetapunga to the wild.

The vets treat a native bird after swallowing fishing hooks, and the Zoo team are in the wilds of the South Island fighting to save a critically endangered skink species.

The vets treat an albatross that had been kept in someone's home for a week, and the Zoo team is in rural Auckland, supporting efforts to save an endemic bat species.

The world's first skink birth is filmed at Auckland Zoo, the vets treat an injured zebra and the zoo team hatch and release the country's rarest tern species to the wild.

Goliath Bird-Eating tarantulas come to the Zoo, the vets treat a native ruru and Zoo staff travel north to support important research on native skinks.

The Zoo prepares to move New Zealand's last elephant, the vets fight to save a kiwi, and the Zoo team helps one of the rarest frogs on the planet.

Auckland Zoo cares for a surprise native, the victim of a dog attack fights to survive and the team heads to a remote island to support a critically endangered species.

New Zealand's last elephant is on the move, the Auckland Zoo vet team fight to save a giant petrel and travel to Tasmania to support the Tasmanian Devil programme.

A sick little penguin is brought to the vet hospital, the Zoo team travels to a volcanic mountain range and Auckland Zoo prepares for a southern white rhino birth.

An injured sea turtle is brought to the vet hospital and the Zoo team travels to a volcanic island on wild work.

A sick fur seal pup is brought to the vet hospital, and Auckland Zoo supports a conservation emergency to save New Zealand's rarest bird.

Auckland Zoo travels to Dunedin to support the world's rarest penguin. An alligator is brought to the vet hospital, and the team embark on a wildlife emergency.

Auckland Zoo supports an endemic bird species, the vets deliver vital dental care to a southern white rhino, and the Zoo team travels north for a sea turtle release.

A Cheetah receives treatment at Auckland Zoo's vet hospital, the team perform microsurgery on an injured skink, and the keepers travel to Tauranga.

An injured Salvin's Albatross is brought to Auckland Zoo's wildlife hospital, and the team travels to the rugged West Coast to release a rare skink species into the world.

The Zoo team travel to the wild jungles of Sumatra to help an endangered species and new tigers arrive at Auckland Zoo as part of an important breeding programme.

Auckland Zoo vets work to save an extremely rare and critically endangered native bird, and the Zoo team head to the Southern Alps on vital conservation work.

Auckland Zoo engages in a conservation emergency to save a native species on the brink of extinction and the vet team treat one of the largest lizard species in the world.

The Zoo team help return hand-reared birds to the wild in a mobilised effort to save the species and a new zebra at Auckland Zoo has a life-changing dental procedure.

Auckland Zoo's two Sumatran tigers come together as part of an important breeding programme and the Zoo team travel to French Polynesia to save an endemic species.

Orangutan Daya moves from quarantine, the vet team work to save a critically ill turtle, giraffe Karaka gives birth and the Zoo returns rescued lizards back to the wild.

An injured flamingo is rushed to the vet hospital, Burma the elephant gets important health treatments and the Auckland Zoo team travels to Rarotonga on vital wild work.

An injured royal albatross is rushed to the vet hospital, new ostriches arrive at Auckland Zoo, and the team join forces to save a critically endangered native lizard.

Sumatran tiger Zayana gives birth, the Zoo team hatch and raise native kakariki karaka chicks for release and the Zoo travels to a volcanic island on vital wild work.

A Sumatran tiger cub is rushed to the vet hospital, orangutan Daya is united with the family and the Zoo team embarks on a conservation emergency to the South Island.

Auckland Zoo's primate team prepare to welcome a new birth. The Zoo's Ectotherm team head into the wilds to conduct vital survey work on the native Archey's frog.

Auckland Zoo commences critical care to save the life of an endangered sea turtle snared on a fishing line, and after 3 years without tigers at the zoo, the team stand by to welcome a new big cat.

Follow Auckland Zoo's bird team into the Coromandel Ranges to save native kiwi populations. It's a feeding frenzy for the Tasmanian devils and the elephant team faces their biggest challenge yet.

There's shocking news for the elephant team, the vets are concerned about one of their rescued Little penguins, and we find out how it really does take a community to feed the Auckland Zoo.

Little penguin Snapper returns to the colony but will he be accepted? The vet team prepare to treat Sumatran tiger Sali, and the Auckland Zoo helps to save an endangered native species at risk.

We meet the animals that will outlive us all, the Zoo team prepare for a giraffe birth and we get close to one of the largest insects on the planet.

The Auckland Zoo team search for hidden treasure deep in the Coromandel Ranges, a baby giraffe meets the herd and the Zoo's otter brothers are on the move.

It's an anxious time for Zoo vets as they work to save one of the most endangered birds in the world, and the ectotherm team are on a mission in the wild South Island.

Auckland Zoo welcomes two new crocodiles to the Swamp Forest, the new South East Asia habitat opens and the team prepare for the birth of a baby southern white rhino.