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Moa's Ark : Invaders of the Last Ark

Moa's Ark : Invaders of the Last Ark
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Moa's Ark : Invaders of the Last Ark
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For 80 million years, Moa's Ark was mammal free. Then, in the last 1000 years, humans arrived from Polynesia and Europe, and as presenter David Bellamy discovers, changed these islands at a rate unparalleled in the peopling of this planet. Bellamy channels Indiana Jones and hangs from old man's beard vines to assess the impact. The episode features footage of a beautiful dawn chorus, of the kiwi and the nocturnal kakapo (the world's largest, rarest parrot), cave drawings of the moa-hunters, p...

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Date created
1990
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/moas-ark-invaders-of-the-last-ark-1990
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bellamy / birds / trees / geology / flora / fauna / nhnz / nature / kakapo / conservation / wildlife / cave drawings / 1990 / 90s / nineties / forests / environment / environmentalism / animals / biology / native birds / native forest / natural history / david bellamy / flora and fauna / kiwi / moa / evolutionary biology / beech forest / carbon dating / tipene o'regan / archeology / archeologist / archeologist dig / shag river / dunedin / indiana jones / māori history / māori / houhora / golf / midden / kumara / flax / botany / botanist / hangi / karaka / piupiu / māori foods / atua / caves / old man's beard / whanganui / bridge to nowhere / ecology / ecosystems

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