Complete moa skeletons discovered in the North Island

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Complete moa skeletons discovered in the North Island

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Three Moawhango residents recently made a remarkable find when they unearthed several complete skeletons and the bones and egg-shells of the moa, a bird of immense size which is believed to have died out shortly before the arrival of the white men in New Zealand. A photograph of three pictures of this discovery. Top left: The discoverers, Messrs. Riu Batley, B. Daws and C. Logan, excavating the bones under the difficulties in a limestone cave

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Date created

1930-04-30

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Auckland Weekly News; Logan and Daws

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/265232

Related subjects

Moas - Moawhango / Birds, Fossil - Moawhango / Extinct birds - Moawhango / Flightless birds - Moawhango

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