The Mighty Moa

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Title

The Mighty Moa

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NZ On Screen

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NZ On Screen

Description

This documentary tells the story of the mighty moa, and asks if it really is extinct. The giant, flightless bird could stretch up to three metres tall, and weighed up to 275 kilograms. In the 19th century the bird was rediscovered by English naturalist Richard Owen, who concluded from bone evidence that the moa existed (leading to ‘moa mania' bone trade). Also covered is the ignition of hope that moa may still be alive after takahē (thought to be as dead as the dodo) were discovered in Fiordl...

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Video

Date created

1998

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-mighty-moa-1998

Related subjects

moa / birds / extinct / nga manu / moa hunter / takahe / skeletons / south island / primeval new zealand / bones / māori / moa hunters / new zealand forest / brian reeve / dinornis / geoffrey cox / natural history artist / cassowary / emu / ostrich / wattles / wingless / gizzard stones / gastrolith / quartz / colin burrows / sandy bartle / cave / swamp / ian atkinson / browsing animals / breeding / mating / honeycomb hill / limestone caves / moa graveyard / west coast / haast's eagle / richard holdaway / botancy / palaeontology / predator / bruce mcfadgin / archeology / john darby / hunting / chris jacomb / janet davidson / cave drawings / michael trotter / māori settlers / beverley mcculloch / te maire tau / ngāi tahu / kumara / tāne / te manu huna a tane / geoffrey orbell / jim eyles / moa egg / wairau bar / te pokohiwi / roger duff / ian smith / martins bay / alice mckenzie / alice margaret leaker / trevor worthy / ray clarke / george brassell / fiordland / preservation inlet / craigeburn range / paddy freaney / geoff chambers / kennedy model making / flightless bird / nineties / 1990s / nz on air / new zealand on air

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