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Beyond The Enclosure

NOW IN ITS 100TH YEAR, AUCKLAND ZOO has never been busier.

The nation’s most popular zoo is on track to host a record 800,000 people this year, an indication that it has significant public support.

What began as a private menagerie in Whanganui moved to Onehunga in 1911, despite objections by locals, who complained about the noise of the lions. The opposition was such that the owner

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