Photo: Supplied / Biodiversity Hawke's Bay

Pitfall drops and hand searches will be used to capture one of the last known colonies of native kōkōwai/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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