Wildlife Foxton Trust School Holiday Hours
South Main St, Foxton, Horowhenua
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At Wildlife Foxton Trust we have the vision of 'Education by Example'. To learn about some of our forgotten fauna (animals) of skinks, gecko, fish, and invertebrates we provide up close experiences of some of our more common New Zealand gecko's, native fish and some invertebrates on display. These animals aren’t as well known as the cheeky kea or the ancient Tuatara- but they are every bit as fascinating.
To also support this learning, we provide hands-on opportunities with exotic lizards so children can understand the impact that introduced species have on our native fauna and their habitats.
This last year we have continued to increase our native species - now 10 including the rare South Island Rudis (Rough) Gecko along with increased breeding pairs/sets. Visitors can get to see 37 native skink and gecko including three new babies arrived earlier this year.
But first you must find them! The Forest Gecko can subtly change their skin shade to blend in with the tree branches and others, like the Northland Green Gecko, are almost impossible to see when camouflaged on a leaf. The baby Duvaucel's Gecko is so good at hiding that even the volunteers need to search for them. But Nell the cockatoo doesn’t need to be found- one look at the food, and she will fly to you!
For other fauna we now have 2 beautiful female Kōura (Freshwater Crayfish) with our 2019 Galaxiids (grown whitebait) growing nicely.
A visit lasts between 30-40 minutes with roving educators working throughout the centre to answer questions, and upon requests can get out exotic lizards for closer hands-on experiences. Last entry is 45 minutes prior to closure.
Our native plant nursery has a good range of plants for both residential and lifestyle block plantings at a very reasonable price of $8.00 each or 10 plants for $70.00. Eftpos available and gst receipts.
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