Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
We've chosen a name for our four-week-old rhino calf! Thank you for your help!
Our ungulates team went through all 1000+ submissions and chose the name Nyah for this female southern white rhino calf, which is Swahili for goal or purpose. This is such an apt name for this precious calf who has a very special purpose – connecting with you and your whānau as well as advocating and raising awareness for her species in the wild. A huge ka pai to Shannon Phillips who submitted this name.
Watch our video with ungulates keeper Gemma to see the calf venture out with mum Jamila into the African Savannah habitat for the first time, and learn how your zoo visits and donations help us to support rhinoceros in Africa and Asia. If you missed our recent story all about the calf and her birth, you can read it at aucklandzoo.co.nz/news
We've chosen a name for our four-week-old rhino calf! Thank you for your help!
Our ungulates team went through all 1000+ submissions and chose the name Nyah for this female southern white rhino calf, which is Swahili for goal or purpose. This is such an apt name for this precious calf who has a very special purpose – connecting with you and your whānau as well as advocating and raising awareness for her species in the wild. A huge ka pai to Shannon Phillips who submitted this name.
Watch our video with ungulates keeper Gemma to see the calf venture out with mum Jamila into the African Savannah habitat for the first time, and learn how your zoo visits and donations help us to support rhinoceros in Africa and Asia. If you missed our recent story all about the calf and her birth, you can read it at aucklandzoo.co.nz/news
