In winter, Māori set traps and hunting platforms in miro to catch kererū (native pigeons) that came to feed on the tree's seeds. The birds were easy to spear or trap after they had gorged on the seeds.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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B-023-018
Photolithograph after a drawing by Russell Stuart Clark
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