The 1oz Gold Turtle Bullion Coin - Niue features a Hawksbill or Taku Turtle, with a stylized shell pattern swimming through the waters of the Pacific Ocean, along with an engraved name, metal quality and weight. The obverse of the coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata bissa), or locally named Taku, is one of two main turtle species of the South Pacific. Although they have a wide distribution throughout the world's tropical regions, Hawksbill turtles are considered critically endangered due to human fishing practices.