Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary, Big cats sanctuary in Kamo, New Zealand

Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary is a former private zoo on Gray Road near Kamo, Whangārei, established by Craig Busch in 2002. It held lions, including Barbary and white lions, and royal white tigers, and appeared in the television series The Lion Man. The park closed in November 2025 and remains closed, with a few elderly lions still on site.

Craig Busch founded Zion Wildlife Gardens in 2002 on bare land on Gray Road, Kamo, after previously keeping the zoo at Kerikeri. Financial trouble in 2006 led him to accept a bail-out from his mother Patricia Busch, who became sole director; he was dismissed on 3 November 2008. The park reopened as Kingdom of Zion on 5 April 2012 after receivers sold it, and later took the name Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary.

The park's name comes from its location near Kamo, and it was known as Zion Wildlife Gardens until 2012, then Kingdom of Zion until 2014. It featured in the reality series The Lion Man from 2004 to 2008, which was broadcast in more than 96 countries according to park sources. One of its lions, Aslan, appeared in the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

The sanctuary is closed: it shut on 2 November 2025 after the land and buildings on Gray Road, Kamo, were listed for sale in August 2025, and it remains closed with a few elderly lions still resident. Do not plan a visit or expect tours, encounters or keeper talks. The site is private property, so viewing is only possible from the public road.

One resident, a lion named Aslan, appeared in the 2005 film The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The park also exchanged cats with South Africa's Timbavati Game Reserve to limit inbreeding. The sanctuary closed on 2 November 2025, and a few elderly lions remained on site afterwards.