It's a time of 'shell-ebration' for one Waikato couple who have been reunited with a long-lost turtle who disappeared seven years ago.
Murtle the turtle went walkabouts from her Whatawhata home in 2012 and never came back.
It was a turtle disaster for her owners Kaylene and Michael Buck until Murtle - or a Murtle lookalike - was spotted last week.
Anneke Smith filed this report.