Education

Classroom Curriculum Opportunities

Butterfly Creek provides real-life experiences for the Science Strand - Making Sense of the Living World. The Tropical Butterfly House, Pirates Below aquaria, Bugs About insects, Crocodile exhibit, Farmyard and the Working Wetlands provides great examples of practical technology in action.

Threaded right through our exhibits and around the wetlands is a raft of comprehensive educational signage points providing great detail and information on the various exhibits.

Why not also use your visit as a stimulus for the visual arts - create a wall mural or individual painting, construct a mobile or banner - what could be more visually stimulating and vibrant than the spectacular tropical butterflies, fishes and birds found at Butterfly Creek.

Click here to request reference materials for the classroom - Butterflies, Alligators & Crocodiles & Insects

Experience The Tropical Butterfly House and Aquaria

Complete with not only amazing butterflies but also turtles, fishes and birds. Observe the delighted looks on your student`s faces whilst they explore Australasias finest tropical butterfly house with over 700 free-flying exotic butterflies from around the globe. The temperature controlled butterfly house immerses you in a tropical habitat complete with not only amazing butterflies but also turtles fish and birds. View our Butterfly Resource for schools

Pirates Below Your class will also enjoy New Zealand`s largest fresh water tropical fish aquarium and New Zealand`s largest tropical marine aquarium - complete with Nemo and Dory.

Home of the Crocs featuring two giant salt water crocodiles (Goldie and Scar) - the largest predators in the country, and don't miss New Zealand`s only baby alligators.

Green Fingers Bugs About hosts the largest collection of tarantula in NZ as well as Lily`s Cockroach House, live bee-hive, mantids, stick insects and a host of other bugs - including NZ`s largest insect, the giant wetapunga. Butterfly Creek is proud to be the home of the only captive rear and release programme for these endangered natives. (you`ll only see this mighty insect here at Butterfly Creek).

Other features include Buttermilk Farm interactive farmyard and Barn. The children are permitted to hold baby animals and are welcome to get up close with all the usual farmyard favourites.

Working Wetlands Take the opportunity to educate the children on the vital role wetlands play in the New Zealand landscape. Butterfly Creek is built over and around a working wetland. We have constructed extensive walkways and platforms around the wetlands and installed a range of interpretive signage points.

And of course there`s the Red Admiral Express Train which traverses the wetlands and the further option of a Tractor Hay Ride around the lake.

We offer a safe and secure environment. Our cafe courtyard / playground is fully fenced. Parents can sit back and relax in the child friendly Cafeor adjacent courtyard while the kids let off a bit of steam in Curly`s playground.

And all this is UNDER COVER so you can enjoy your visit no matter what the weather.

Keas, Cubs, Scouts, Brownies and Guides no problem with staying open to accommodate your after-school-hour visit.

Enquiries: Please email any bookings and enquiries regarding education services to:
educationtours@butterflycreek.co.nz

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Category Pricing	Butterfly House Crocodiles Baby Alligators Bugs About, Aquaria Buttermilk Farm and Train	Ratio of Adults to Children Free
Special Needs Child	$7.50	1 carer free with every special needs person
Special Needs Adult	$14.00	1 carer free with every special needs person
Early Childhood Child	$7.00	1 Adult to 6 Children FREE
Early Childhood Adult Supervisor	$16.00	1 Adult to 6 Children FREE
Primary - Intermediate Child	$8.00	1 Adult to 10 Children FREE
Adult Supervisor	$16.00	1 Adult to 10 Children FREE
Secondary School Child	$10.00	1 Adult to 10 Children FREE
Secondary Adult Supervisor	$16.00	1 Adult to 10 Children FREE