Wellington, Sept 6 NZPA - A 10-year-old lemur was the only animal from Orana Wildlife Park to die in Saturday's quake.

Gidro, a black and white ruffed lemur, drowned as a result of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch at 4.36am.

He was a fantastic animal to work with and very nice-natured, animal collection manager Ian Adams said.

"Many visitors will have had the opportunity to meet him up close and others would have seen him interact with staff at the daily feed presentation," Mr Adams said.

Orana Park lost power for four hours and there are still concerns about a kiwi egg that is due to hatch soon.

The egg was rocked about in its incubator and head keeper of native fauna Tara Atkinson said it would be a miracle if the chick was alright.

Orana Park has re-opened with no structural damage and all other animals were unharmed.

NZPA