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Aramoho zoo, Whanganui

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Aramoho zoo, Whanganui

Between 1909 and 1916, John Boyd ran a private zoo in Aramoho, a riverside suburb of Whanganui. Some of the animals were purchased from Hamburg Zoo in Germany, and included bears, monkeys and lions.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Zoos and aquariums – Early zoos, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18429/aramoho-zoo-whanganui (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.