Grand Karaihe Zoo
| Grand Karaihe Zoo | |
|---|---|
| The Grand Zoo | |
 Mzanzi Giraffes with Takutaiwhero in the background | |
| Founder | Ihaīa Hapuku-Williams |
| Owned by | Association of Malaio Ozeros Nations |
| Managed by | Ihu Hapuku-Williams |
| Visitors | 4,137,522 (in 2021) |
| Species | 400 |
| Designation | Zoological Park |
| Website | grandkaraihezoo.org |
The Grand Karaihe Zoo is a a Zoological Park located in the Onekawan city of Utara on the island of Motunui on the western coastline. Officially opened on 1 January 2000; from the outset it was intended to be a major hub for global zoological, conservation research and education. Currently the Zoo is spread over 200 acres, ranking it as one of the largest zoos in the world. It houses over 400 species from across the planet; with an estimated 11,700 individual animals.
It is managed on behalf of the Association of Malaio Ozeros Nations by the Roera Pūtaiao Kararehe Porihanga of Ngāti Onekawa-Nukanoa and is funded through a mix of ticket sales, merchandise, donations and financial support from AMON. Drawing on the significant institutional expertise of theRoera Pūtaiao Kararehe Porihanga and AMON; it has gone on too be a leader in a number of conservation programs and iniatives, with ssuccess in the breeding and releasing of a number of species, including the Bayar tiger, Shambhalan elephant, Southern malaio elephant and Pouakai.
Malaica
History
Origins
The Roera Pūtaiao Kararehe Porihanga (English: Royal Zoological Society) of Ngāti Onekawa-Nukanoa during the 1980s was in a state of decline. The rise of the Assoication of Malaio Ozeros Nations and it's ever increasing membership and support of conservation and environmental issues had sidelined the organisation. Once the academic hub for zoological study in Ngāti Onekawa-Nukanoa; membership had declined steadily for several decades and had by this point reached its lowest ebb since it's inception in 1905. This, alongside it's fading influence and prominence had caused significant concerns amongst it's most senior members.
Ihaīa Hapuku-Williams was the son and grandson of zoologists, with his mother [INSERTNAME] Williams having been an instrumental figure in the Great Elephant Rescue during the Second Monsoon War in the late 1940s. Despite its contributions to zoological study; it's membership had fallen to less then 50 active individuals by 1985. Ihaīa Hapuku-Williams was voted President in 1985, and had decided at that point it was time for it to refocus it's efforts. It was during 1985 that the planning for the 'greatest zoo on the planet" would commence.