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Tuatara enclosure, Little Barrier Island

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Tuatara enclosure, Little Barrier Island

Enclosures for rearing tuatara are among the few built structures on Little Barrier Island (Hauturu), a nature reserve. Nature reserves protect threatened plants and animals. Many are islands, which can be kept free of introduced pests more easily than mainland areas.

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by Terry C. Greene

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Les Molloy, Protected areas – Conservation parks, nature and scientific reserves, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13855/tuatara-enclosure-little-barrier-island (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Les Molloy, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 September 2015.