Willowbank Wildlife Reserve facts for kids

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Willowbank Wildlife Reserve

Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates	43°27′46″S 172°35′39″E / 43.46278°S 172.59417°E / -43.46278; 172.59417
Annual visitors	120,000+

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

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 takahe on display in the South Island of New Zealand outside a Department of Conservation facility.

Rata is a North island brown kiwi chick who was incubated, hatched and raised at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve.