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Kōrero: Natural environment

Toa tuatara

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Male tuatara

Tērā te wā kapi katoa ai a Aotearoa i te tuatara; heoi, nā ngā ngeru, toriura, wīhara, aha atu rātou i kaikai kia whāiti ki ngā moutere ririki. He ora te wā o tō rātou ora, ko ētahi kua neke atu i te e 50 tau e mōkaitia ana. He rerekē te noho a te tuatara i ngā moutere ririki – ka noho kē rātou ki ngā rua tītī, ā, he wā anō ka noho tahi te tuatara me te tītī ki tō rāua kāinga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

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Carl Walrond, Natural environment – Fauna, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3279/toa-tuatara (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.