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Okarito brown kiwi. Okarito, June 2002. Photographer: Alan Tennyson © Te Papa

Fossil Bonanza Reveals the History of New Zealand’s Animals

When did kiwi and tuatara arrive in New Zealand and how did they get here?  These are the kinds of questions being answered by some amazing fossil discoveries that have been made in Otago in the last few years. I’ve been part of a team of researchers visiting fossil sitesRead more

2015-01-06
By: Alan Tennyson
On: 6 Jan 2015
In: Science

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