Jurassic Park

It may be the youngest country on earth, but as it turns out, some of the inhabitants are anything but...

Tuatara eggs have been found by staff at Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington, which means these descendants of very rare, prehistoric reptiles that walked the earth with the dinosaurs, have been nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in 200 years. As you'd expect with an award-winning wildlife sanctuary, the eggs (and the tuataras) are being well and truly left alone to do their own thing.

Karori Wildlife Sanctuary is less than 10 minutes drive from downtown Wellington, and is the world's first urban wildlife sanctuary. Its 225 hectars are home to some of New Zealand's rarest and most endangered wildlife including hihi (a beautiful bird the size of a sparrow), little spotted kiwi as well as our dinosaur chums. It's also a great spot for a picnic lunch - you'd have no idea you were in the country's capital!

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[Richies]

I would love to be able to visit New Zealand. My wife's cousin toured with a singing group,"The King's Heralds" for many year. They traveled all over the world. He said that the most beautiful place on the planet was New Zealand.