For our special holiday programmes please phone Kiwi North on: (09) 438 9630 or email: reception@kiwinorth.co.nz to book your place. Or you can turn up on the day. Please report to reception on arrival and our staff will guide you to all activities. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All events are free to Kiwi North Members.
Make your own Butterfly Fridge Magnet with Bevan the Butterfly Man
Come to Kiwi North for a guided tour of the wildlife area and the butterfly garden by Bevan the Butterfly Man, then create your own butterfly.
Date: Tuesday 7 January 2025.
Time: Tour starts at 10.30am. Butterfly craft-session starts in the craft gazebo from 11am-12.30pm.
Free with general admission to Kiwi North (or $5.00 per child for craft-session only).
Teddy Bears’ Picnic and Storytime at Heritage Park
Come along to the beautiful Heritage Park grounds with your favourite Teddy and a family picnic. We will read you a children’s story, and then you can draw a portrait of your Teddy in the art gazebo.
Date: Wednesday 8 January 2025.
Time: Gather in Heritage Park (Gate 2) from 11am. Storytime starts at 11.30am.
Cost: Free Family Event. No Booking needed.
Make Your Own Bird Beak!
Have you ever wondered why birds have different beak shapes, from tiny beaks to pointy long ones? Come to Kiwi North and listen to a children’s story that tells us all about bird beaks, then make your own takeaway bird beak!
Date: Thursday 9 January 2025.
Time: Starts 10.30am-12.30pm. Location: The Education Room
Cost: Free with general admission to Kiwi North (or $5.00 per child for craft-session only).
Teddy Bears’ Picnic and Storytime at Heritage Park
Come along to the beautiful Heritage Park grounds with your favourite Teddy and a family picnic. We will read you a children’s story, and then you can draw a portrait of your Teddy in the art-gazebo.
Date: Wednesday 15 January 2025.
Time: Gather in Heritage Park (Gate 2) from 11am. Storytime starts at 11.30.
Cost: Free Family Event. No Bookings needed.
Make Your Own Bird Beak!
Have you ever wondered why birds have different beak shapes, from tiny beaks to long pointy ones? Come to Kiwi North and listen to a children’s story that tells us all about bird beaks, then make your own takeaway bird beak!
Date: Thursday 16 January 2025.
Time: Starts 10.30am-12.30pm. Location: The Education Room
Cost: Free with general admission to Kiwi North (or $5.00 per child for craft-session only).
Ranger Ben’s Nature Walk and Nature Art Session
Join Ranger Ben on a nature walk, followed by a nature art session. Collect what you need to create your picture during the nature-walk, and then make a nature picture to take home!
Date: Tuesday 21 January 2025.
Time: Starts 10.30am-12.30pm. Location: Nature Tour starts from The Education Room
Cost: Free with general admission to Kiwi North (or $5.00 per child for craft-session only).
The Great Gecko Discovery Tour and Gecko Making Workshop
Have your ever seen a New Zealand gecko? Did you know that there are over 40 species of native geckos? Come to Kiwi North and enjoy a gecko tour with one of our wildlife rangers, followed by a gecko-making workshop!
Date: Wednesday 22 January 2025.
Time: Gecko tour starts 10.30 am, followed by workshop in the art gazebo from 11am-12.30pm.
Free with general admission to Kiwi North (or $5.00 per child for craft-session only).
Make Your Own Butterfly Fridge Magnet with Bevan the Butterfly Man
Come along to Kiwi North and get a guided tour of the wildlife area and the butterfly garden by Bevan the Butterfly Man, then create your own butterfly.
Date: Thursday 23 January 2025.
Time: Tour starts at 10.30am. Butterfly craft-session starts in the craft gazebo from 11am-12.30pm.
Free with general admission to Kiwi North (or $5.00 per child for craft-session only)
