Baby Tuatara at Pūkaha
A BIG kia ora to,
Ohorere 👋
Ohorere is the first Tuatara to hatch at Pūkaha since 2005.
Named by one of our Cultural Advisors Mike Kawana, Ohorere means to be surprised or shocked in Te reo.
Ohorere was found by a small class that noticed a hatched egg in our Tuatara enclosure.
This little guy took everyone by surprise even our Rangers and Staff!
Look at him sitting proudly, you may even see his little egg tooth if you look close enough👀.
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Do you think you know the answer?
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Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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