Owners of Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary - home to lions and other big cats- are planning to re-open the popular tourist drawcard mid next year.
While the operators are keeping mum on remedial work and likely re-opening dates, they indicated on the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary Facebook page plans to re-open in mid 2017.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has not given the park the "all-clear" to re-open because it has not yet been granted the necessary approvals under the Biosecurity Act.
"If the park is granted the necessary approvals under the Biosecurity Act and can open to the public, there is neither a timeframe by which it must open nor a necessity to do so. It will be at the discretion of the park owners," a ministry spokeswoman said.
The ministry ordered the park closed to the public between July 1 and July 31, 2014 while the animal enclosures were upgraded to meet new standards. MPI then extended the closure until August 31 of that year but the upgrading had still not been completed by the first quarter of 2015.