Over 100 year old Tortoise visits Te Papa war exhibition
A grand old dame, who survived World War One and emigrated from Europe to New Zealand with a kiwi solider has made a surprise visit to Te Papa to see an exhibition which actually features her replica. Torty the tortoise, is well over a hundred years old and has been taken care of by three generations of the same family. Stewart Little, a stretcher bearer brought her home to Dunedin from Greece, in his ruck sack in 1916. After Stewart Little died, Miss Torty was cared for by his son and daughter in law. After their deaths, Stewart Little's late grandson and his wife Christine little took on…
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