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Evolution of plants and animals


nā Matt McGlone

About 85 million years ago New Zealand broke away from the Gondwana supercontinent, carrying with it a cargo of plants and animals. Are today's native species descendants of these primitive life forms? Or are they more recent arrivals, borne across the ocean on wing, wind or raft?

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Te āhua nui: Tuatara eating a chick

Tuatara eating a chick


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