Saving grand and Otago skinks
Date: 30 June 2008
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick will tomorrow, 1 July, announce a conservation management and research breakthrough with grand and Otago skinks, and a captive breeding programme, aimed at securing the genetic diversity of the species.
Grand and Otago skinks are New Zealand's largest lizards and are critically endangered, along with kakapo and Mauis dolphin.
Where: Wellington Zoo, Daniell Street, Newtown, Wellington
When: 8.30am Tuesday 1 July
Journalists and photographers are invited to attend.