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Ruakurī cave

The cave known as Ruakurī (den of dogs) at Waitomo is named from a time when it was inhabited by wild kurī. They attacked a local fowler who with his companions trapped and killed the dogs.

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Basil Keane. 'Kurī – Polynesian dogs', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/kuri-polynesian-dogs/3/4