# Orana Wildlife Park, Harewood Orana Wildlife Park is an attraction at McLeans Island Road, Harewood, Christchurch. [Directions]() · [Website]() · [Google Maps]() **Unconfirmed lead.** Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go. The directory’s number for it: 03 359 7109. ## About, in one paragraph Its own website describes it as “Visit Orana Wildlife Park the only open range zoo in New Zealand based in Christchurch. We want to provide you with the ultimate animal adventure by giving you an up close and personal experience”. Getting there, a shared path passes within 126 m. Only the council’s 2024 directory lists it, no other source confirms it still trades, so check before you go. _Summary written by the site from the public record and the business’s own website, sources below._ ## What the record holds - **Address:** McLeans Island Road, Harewood _(Find Christchurch, 2024)_ - **Kind:** Attractions _(Find Christchurch, 2024)_ - **Phone:** 03 359 7109, Fax: 03 359 4330 _(Find Christchurch, 2024)_ · _its own site lists +64 3 359 7109_ - **Website:** http://www.oranawildlifepark.co.nz/ _(Find Christchurch, 2024)_ · _its own site agrees_ - **Email:** info@oranawildlifepark.co.nz _(Find Christchurch, 2024)_ ## In its own listing Set in 80 hectares of tranquil grounds, this is NZ's only open range zoo. Orana specialises in providing unique animal encounters in an open range setting. You can get up close and personal with their wonderful animals! Imagine the thrill of hand feeding a majestic giraffe, seeing a tiger search for food, meeting a massive gorilla or white rhino and endangered NZ native wildlife such as kiwi, tuatara and kea. Visitors will love the gorillas who have just arrived at the park! Oldest brother Fataki (12) weighs 190kg and is starting to develop a silver back. The two 'little' boys Fuzu (7) and half-brother Mahali (6) each weigh around 90kg and are mischievous animals with great characters. _Source: Find Christchurch, 2024._ ## The ground it stands on _Facts about the spot, not the business, from the council and ECan layers._ - **District Plan zone:** Rural Quarry _(District Plan)_ ## The reports nearby 16 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5655680), [2 McArthurs Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/2-mcarthurs-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5655671), [2 McArthurs Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/2-mcarthurs-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3675686), [160 McLeans Island Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/160-mcleans-island-road) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3640267), [160 McLeans Island Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/160-mcleans-island-road) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3608462), [160 McLeans Island Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/160-mcleans-island-road) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3592042), [9 McArthurs Road, McLeans Island, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/9-mcarthurs-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2879991), GGHP+VM Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2662598), [9 McArthurs Road, McLeans Island, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/9-mcarthurs-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2662203), [9 McArthurs Road, McLeans Island, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/9-mcarthurs-road) - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2415209), [160 McLeans Island Road, Canterbury 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/160-mcleans-island-road) - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2148591), 153, McLeans Island Road, Harewood, Canterbury, 8051, New Zealand - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/915745), [153 Mcleans Island Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/153-mcleans-island-road) ## Getting there - Shared path, 126 m _(Council cycleway layer)_ - [McLeans Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/mcleans-island-road), the street’s own record - [Directions on Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Orana%20Wildlife%20Park%2C%20McLeans%20Island%20Road%2C%20Harewood%2C%20Christchurch) - [Street View](https://www.google.com/maps?q&layer=c&cbll=-43.46919639999794,172.53631739460263) ## The nearest other attractions - [Canterbury Aviation](https://www.chch.live/business/canterbury-aviation-christchurch-airport), Christchurch Airport, 1.5 km - [International Antarctic Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/international-antarctic-centre-christchurch-airport), Christchurch Airport, 2.3 km - [Christchurch Holiday Park](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-holiday-park-harewood), Harewood, 2.7 km - [Garden City Helicopters](https://www.chch.live/business/garden-city-helicopters-yaldhurst), Yaldhurst, 3.4 km - [Southern DC 3 Adventure Flights](https://www.chch.live/business/southern-dc-3-adventure-flights-burnside), Burnside, 3.5 km - [Cushion Bill Club](https://www.chch.live/business/cushion-bill-club-bishopdale), Bishopdale, 4.6 km - [Jeeves Tours - Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/jeeves-tours-christchurch-bishopdale), Bishopdale, 4.6 km - [Willowbank Wildlife Reserve](https://www.chch.live/business/willowbank-wildlife-reserve-northwood), Northwood, 4.7 km - [Every one in Harewood](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-harewood) ## Also in Harewood - [Bunnings Warehouse](https://www.chch.live/business/bunnings-warehouse-harewood), Hardware, 1.8 km - [Road Research Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/road-research-centre-harewood), Research, 1.9 km - [BP](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-harewood), Petrol stations, 1.9 km - [Cafe Raeward](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-raeward-harewood), Cafés, 1.9 km - [Black & White Coffee Cartel](https://www.chch.live/business/black-white-coffee-cartel-harewood), Cafés, 1.9 km - [BP Connect Russley](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-connect-russley-harewood), Petrol stations, 1.9 km - [Asian Garden Cooking School](https://www.chch.live/business/asian-garden-cooking-school-harewood), Restaurants, 1.9 km - [Triple MMM Importing](https://www.chch.live/business/triple-mmm-importing-harewood), Bottle stores, 1.9 km - [Taco Bell](https://www.chch.live/business/taco-bell-harewood), Fast food, 1.9 km - [ezystor](https://www.chch.live/business/ezystor-harewood), Storage, 2.1 km - [Every kind of business in Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood#s-biz) ## Doors - [What stood on this ground](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46919639999794&lon=172.53631739460263) - [On the map](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.46919639999794,172.53631739460263,17) - [Documents that name it](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Orana%20Wildlife%20Park) - [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood), the suburb ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Orana Wildlife Park?** An attraction in Harewood, Christchurch. **Where is Orana Wildlife Park?** McLeans Island Road, Harewood, on [McLeans Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/mcleans-island-road). [On the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.46919639999794,172.53631739460263,17) **Is Orana Wildlife Park still trading?** Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go. **How do you contact Orana Wildlife Park?** phone [03 359 7109](tel:033597109) (Find Christchurch, 2024), its [website](http://www.oranawildlifepark.co.nz/) (Find Christchurch, 2024), email [info@oranawildlifepark.co.nz](mailto:info@oranawildlifepark.co.nz) (Find Christchurch, 2024). **What other attractions are near Orana Wildlife Park?** [Canterbury Aviation](https://www.chch.live/business/canterbury-aviation-christchurch-airport) (1.5 km), [International Antarctic Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/international-antarctic-centre-christchurch-airport) (2.3 km), [Christchurch Holiday Park](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-holiday-park-harewood) (2.7 km), [every one in the city](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction). **What’s near Orana Wildlife Park?** a shared path passes within 126 m. **What stood where Orana Wildlife Park is, before?** [The heritage-register places nearest the pin →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46919639999794&lon=172.53631739460263) ## Sources - Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0) - Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0) - Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0) - The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly - Record assembled 2026-10-20 --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/business/orana-wildlife-park-harewood Directory: https://www.chch.live/businesses Category: https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction Suburb: https://www.chch.live/harewood