Photo: Supplied / Biodiversity Hawke's Bay
Pitfall drops and hand searches will be used to capture one of the last known colonies of native kΕkΕwai/northern spotted skinks in New Zealand, located on the coast of Napier.
The rare skinks will then be relocated to a purpose-built enclosure on Marine Parade.
Experts are relocating the skinks to make way for a $37.4 million stormwater infrastructure project between Maraenui and Te Awa.
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