Wellington Zoo and Go Wellington are celebrating the launch of their ‘Catch the Bus to the Zoo’ promotion by bringing the Zoo to Civic Square at lunchtime on Thursday 1 May, announced Zoo CEO, Karen Fifield and NZ Bus Chief Executive, Bruce Emson today.
‘ Travel to the Zoo by bus during May and you’ll receive half price admission into Wellington Zoo “ says Bruce Emson. “Wellington Zoo and GO Wellington are encouraging Wellingtonians to use public transport and visit one of out cities most popular attractions This is the third year we have run this promotion in conjunction with the Zoo and every year it becomes more popular,’ said Bruce.
‘Wellington Zoo is committed to sustainability and reducing our impact on the planet, and we want to encourage our visitors to think about the little things they can do to become more sustainable in their day to day lives. Catching a bus to the Zoo is one way of doing this; it is a simple and easy way to reduce greenhouse gases – and we’re rewarding people for it with half price admission to the Zoo,’ said Karen.
‘On Thursday the Wellington Zoo GO Wellington bus will be in Civic Square from 11am – 1pm with lots of fun activities on board, and from 12pm – 1pm we’ll be joined by a couple of special visitors from the Zoo.’