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      <title>Te Herenga Waka community supports tuatara research at Zealandia</title>
      <link>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2025/04/zealandia-tuatara-research</link>
      <description>More than 700 people from the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumni community attended a friends and family event on Saturday 22 March.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-04-07T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Everything you need to know about tuatara sperm (but were too afraid to ask)</title>
      <link>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2023/09/tuatara-sperm</link>
      <description>New research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is unlocking the secrets of tuatara sperm in an effort to improve the survival chances of this at-risk reptile.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2023/09/tuatara-sperm</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-09-18T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Tuatara are returning to the mainland—but feeding the hungry reptiles could be more difficult than expected</title>
      <link>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2022/10/tuatara-are-returning-to-the-mainlandbut-feeding-the-hungry-reptiles-could-be-more-difficult-than-expected</link>
      <description>Tuatara's dietary secrets revealed in new research. Sarah Lamar, Diane Ormsby, and Nicky Nelson explain.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:12:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-10-16T22:12:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Tuatara tops for long life and graceful aging in new international study</title>
      <link>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2022/06/tuatara-tops-for-long-life-and-graceful-aging-in-new-international-study</link>
      <description>Tuatara stand out in study for their 'impressive' 137-year life span.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:51:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2022/06/tuatara-tops-for-long-life-and-graceful-aging-in-new-international-study</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-28T21:51:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Tuatara’s speedy sperm may provide conservation clue, say study authors</title>
      <link>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2021/08/tuatara-speedy-sperm-provides-conservation-clues</link>
      <description>PhD candidate Sarah Lamar has discovered that tuatara sperm are the speediest so far discovered in the reptile world.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 22:32:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2021/08/tuatara-speedy-sperm-provides-conservation-clues</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-08-03T22:32:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Free public lecture: The rise and fall of tuatara and wasps</title>
      <link>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/08/free-public-lecture-the-rise-and-fall-of-tuatara-and-wasps</link>
      <description>Leading ecology experts
from Victoria University of Wellington are visiting Napier this month to give a
public lecture on two animal populations facing very different challenges.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/08/free-public-lecture-the-rise-and-fall-of-tuatara-and-wasps</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-08-06T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Survey reveals signs of tuatara recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/02/survey-reveals-signs-of-tuatara-recovery</link>
      <description>The tuatara population on Hauturu ō Toi/Little Barrier Island may be recovering, according to results from a recent survey carried out with help from Victoria University of Wellington researchers.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/02/survey-reveals-signs-of-tuatara-recovery</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-02-26T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Out of its shell</title>
      <link>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/victorious/2014/spring-2014/out-of-its-shell</link>
      <description>Extremely rare footage of a tuatara hatching was captured on film at Victoria in July.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/victorious/2014/spring-2014/out-of-its-shell</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-10-21T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Rare footage captured of tuatara hatching</title>
      <link>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2014/rare-footage-captured-of-tuatara-hatching</link>
      <description>Extremely rare footage of a tuatara hatching has been filmed at Victoria University of Wellington. Last to hatch, the egg was one of 23 being incubated in captivity this year as part of a joint initiative that helped to save a threatened population of tuatara from extinction.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2014/rare-footage-captured-of-tuatara-hatching</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-03T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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