Willowbank Wildlife Reserve

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Location Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates 43°27′46″S 172°35′39″E / 43.46278°S 172.59417°E / -43.46278; 172.59417Coordinates: 43°27′46″S 172°35′39″E / 43.46278°S 172.59417°E / -43.46278; 172.59417
Website www.willowbank.co.nz

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife park and nature reserve in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1][2]

As well as having public displays of various animal species it also carries out conservation of native species including tuatara, kiwi, brown teal, and duvaucel's gecko. Willowbank also holds the only pair of takahē on display in the South Island of New Zealand outside a Department of Conservation facility.

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