Meet the Locals: Tuatara

Season 3, episode 37: Watch a video about New Zealand’s tuatara and find out how the tuatara ‘headstart’ programme works.
Meet the Locals is a series of mini-documentaries about New Zealand's wildlife, wild places and the people working to protect them.
Each four-minute episode showcases the inspiring work of local communities, businesses and individuals, who make a difference to protecting our natural areas, native species and historic places.
Meet the Locals is a partnership between DOC and TVNZ.