Auckland Zoo has confirmed the baby elephant gifted to New Zealand in Sri Lanka this week will be joining its elephants Burma and Anjalee.
The zoo said it was delighted to welcome a second elephant from Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka.
Five-year-old Nandi will be the final elephant to come from the orphanage and will increase Auckland Zoo's growing elephant family to three.
"This represents the next step in a long-standing and carefully planned programme of co-operation between Auckland Zoo and Sri Lankan authorities, and which initially saw Anjalee arrive at the zoo last year," a spokeswoman for Auckland Zoo said.
She said Pinnawala identified captive-born Nandi - "who is the right age and maturity to be rehomed" - as the ideal candidate.