Oral traditions show that early Māori recognised the extinction of the moa

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Oral traditions show that early Māori recognised the extinction of the moa

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After Europeans arrived, moa were used a metaphor for the feared extinction of Māori themselves, write the authors of a new study. Tracing extinctions that happened centuries ago is difficult, but our collaborative analysis of ancestral sayings, or whakataukī, found that...

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09 September 2018

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Hirini Kaa

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https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/09-09-2018/oral-traditions-show-that-early-maori-recognised-the-ext...

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