I do know that in the old days that there was a place in Auckland that traded in plants but all so did a lot of import and export of things .
Over the years that I went to visit there was all was differed things there
turtles ,newts ,tortoises,.
All so a lot was sent out like hedgehog , Rocks ,Magpies and Red Back Kangaroos just to name a few
One of the turtles I do remember seeing is one like this