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The Video Dispatch - 15 December 1983
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1983
The tortoises came in two by two ...– Video Dispatch reporter Jane Dent on the arrival of Galapagos tortoises at Auckland Zoo
Believe it or not, the tortoise weighs about 18 stone; that’s well over 110kg, about the same weight as an All Black forward, though not quite so active.– Video Dispatch reporter Jane Dent on a Galapagos tortoise
You never drive after drinking nectar?– Lindsay Yeo quizzes Buzz'o'Bumble
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