Fri 13 May 2005
I went with my daughter’s class to Ngā Manu Nature Reserve (map on Multimap). We got to see a whole lot of different native birds, some of which only exist in small populations on predator-free offshore islands.
The highlight for me was getting up close with a tuatara, a native reptile, that appears on the New Zealand 5 cent piece. It surprised me to learn that despite it’s appearances, the tuatara is not a lizard.