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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Wheua moa

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Moa bones

Ko ēnei wheua o te waewae o te moa, nō tētahi wāhi kei te raki o Chinamans Bluff i ngā tahatika o te awa o Dart i Ōtākou. E 90 cm te roa o te rūri i waenganui i ngā wheua. Kitea ai ngā wheua moa ki ngā ahu otaota i ngā nohoanga o ngā tāngata tōmua rawa anake, kāore nō muri. Te āhua nei i patua te moa kia mate rawa atu e ngā tāngata tuatahi kia noho ki Aotearoa. Torutoru noa iho pea ngā whakatipuranga i rongo i te reka o te kiko moa.

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by Brian Ahern

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Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Extinction and decline, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3627/wheua-moa (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.