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Great Indoor Family Activity
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Giant Eel feeding time
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From The National Kiwi Centre - Entry
Thank you, it is always good to hear people enjoyed their visit. I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday.
Tania Harrison from Australia wrote on 17 July 2025
National Kiwi Centre - highly recommend!
It was a wonderful experience right from the start to the finish! We were greeted by friendly and helpful staff and the wildlife carer's were very professional and educational. The centre was really well laid out and clean. The animals look very well kept and it was amazing to be able to see 2 Kiwis in captivity. There were activities for the kids and I loved the game of search for the cards to win a chocolate fish - what a great idea!!!
From The National Kiwi Centre - Entry
Thank you so much for your lovely review , we are very pleased you had a great visit.
johnc69 from Australia wrote on 10 May 2025
Kiwi and Wildlife Sanctuary of New Zealand
Excellent interactive and educational experience
From The National Kiwi Centre - Entry
Thank you for leaving us such great feedback.
Jane Vaughan from Australia wrote on 08 March 2024
Disappointing
I thought this place was about Kiwis, as the name would suggest and I thought it was a tour, as in booking a tour at a particular time, as in you’re asked to arrive five minutes early. Instead we walked through on our own, I had to ask for an information sheet and then we saw turtles and eels and trout and had to ask where the kiwis were, it was all a bit sad and disappointing. Staff were very sweet but I didn’t get it.
From The National Kiwi Centre - Entry
Hi Jane - Maybe you were expecting to see displays like the larger aquariums have? We are a smaller, privately owned establishment, therefore do not have the ability to fund the very large 'flashy' displays that some individuals may expect ;-) However, we are very pleased that many of our visitors are well entertained by their visit here. We are sad to learn that you were not one of them. - kind regards from the team @ The National Kiwi Centre
David Ingle from New Zealand wrote on 05 December 2024
Visit
Great experience, feeding the Eels was epic and seeing a real Kiwi was so cool. Thank you
From The National Kiwi Centre - Entry
Thanks for the awesome feedback.
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Carlotta Martiniello from Australia wrote on 20 March 2023
Great kiwi experience
Really enjoyed it here, went to the 9.30am session, spent along time watching the kiwis, they were quite active. We even got to listen to their calls which was fun. Enjoyed the eel feeding as well, the talk given about them was informative and entertaining.