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The first recorded tuatara to hatch in the wild on mainland New Zealand in at least 200 years. Photo by Tom Lynch, Karori Sanctuary Trust

The first recorded tuatara to hatch in the wild on mainland New Zealand in at least 200 years. Photo by Tom Lynch, Karori Sanctuary Trust

Credit: Karori Sanctuary Trust

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19 March 2009, 6:31AM

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Staff at ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience today found what is almost certainly the first confirmed baby tuatara to have hatched in the wild on mainland New Zealand in over 200 years.

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