While Prince Charles, who has made environmental protection one of his fights, sat on a bench in the Orokonui's eco sanctuary with his wife Camilla, he did not hesitate to take in his hand small beast that is simply a Sphenodon or also known as tuatara, this species native to New Zealand is the only survivor of an old class of reptiles that existed at the same time as the dinosaurs.

Before the sanctuary visiting, a little bit earlier in the day the Duchess of Cornwall visited at Tawa College for Charles, the National Dance Centre Te Whaea in the company of Janine Mateparae, the wife of the Governor General of New Zealand, the royal couple had left Wellington on Thursday, steering southeast of the island Dunedin.

Here, in addition to the tour of Orokonui's eco sanctuary, located a few kilometers from the city, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall include boarded a historic train time for a short walk and visited the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum which traces the history of this city founded in 1848 by Scottish settlers.Alongside his wife Camilla, Prince Charles toured New Zealand and Australia from 4 to 15 November.
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