Lion Lazarus is crate training for his trip across the ditch and there is a bouncing bonanza in the Aussie Walkabout, with brand new joeys and a wallaby round-up.
Doris the Alligator is suffering from a locked jaw and has trouble eating. Elsewhere, Auckland Zoo keepers assist with a night-time round-up of kiwi on Motuora Island.
The Zoo's new spider monkeys deliver a lot of laughs; Molek the tiger undergoes a root canal; and keepers uncover some of the mysteries of our rarest frogs.
See a day in the life of the Zoo's oldest resident, Janie the chimpanzee; Giraffe Jelani finds his sea legs; and the keepers rescue wild birds after the Rena oil spill disaster.
The cameras are there as tigers rip into a fresh deer hide pinata, Burma the elephant swims in a fresh lagoon, and young giraffe Jelani heads off over the ditch on his big OE.