This multi-award-winning series and strong family favourite returns with more irresistible animal antics, giving viewers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look into the secret life of animals. Now in its ninth year, The Zoo has become an international hit, with more great stories about the animals and their keepers.
This series captures all the special moments - from new arrivals and births to fights, illnesses and mating rituals. Discover how the animals live and how they are fed, exercised, amused, and kept safe 365 days a year by their dedicated carers!


Awards

THE ZOO TOPS AGAIN - Press Release November 2007
Readers of the TV Guide, in their annual ‘Best on the Box’ People’s Choice Awards, have once again voted Greenstone Pictures’ classic series THE ZOO as their favourite Documentary Series. It’s the seventh year in a row THE ZOO has taken top place in its category. The Best on the Box Awards are the most comprehensive readers’ choice awards in the New Zealand television industry, with more than 11,000 readers taking part this year. “The viewers’ vote has once again reinforced THE ZOO’s place as an iconic New Zealand series,” says Greenstone Managing Director John Harris. “The win is a tribute to the dedicated keepers and the animals at the zoo, as well as Greenstone’s own creative team. And the fact that THE ZOO screens in dozens of countries around the world is proof of the show’s continuing appeal.”


• Best Reality Documentary Series - 2006
TV Guide "Best on the Box" People Choice Awards

Readers of The TV Guide have voted Greenstone Pictures’ series THE ZOO as Best Reality Series - for the sixth year in a row. Nearly 230,000 viewers cast a vote this year in the magazine’s Best on the Box People’s Choice Awards. “It’s wonderful to receive this endorsement from viewers,” says Greenstone MD John Harris, “and it’s another pat on the back for producer Bex Mellor and her team – and the dedicated keepers at the Auckland Zoo.”

Two other Greenstone series – Emergency and SCU Serious Crash Unit – were also in the top six in the Best Reality Series category.

• Best Reality Documentary Series - 2004 TV Guide "Best on the Box" People Choice Awards

• Best Information Program, 2004 Qantas Media Awards;

• Most Popular Family Program, NZ TV Awards, 2001 and 2002

• Finalist, 2000 and 2001 Qantas Media Awards

Details

Running Time:
Series 1: 7 x 30 minute episodes
Series 2: 8 x 30 minute episodes
Series 3: 8 x 30 minute episodes
Series 4: 7 x 30 minute episodes
Series 5: 7 x 30 minute episodes
Series 6: 10 x 30 minute episodes
Series 7: 13 x 30 minute episodes
Series 8: 13 x 30 minute episodes
Series 9: 13 x 30 minute episodes

Series total: 87 x 30 minute

Produced by: Greenstone Pictures