Story: Moa

The moa and the lion

The fame of the moa's size briefly turned it into a national symbol. This postcard was issued in 1906 to mark the extraordinary record of the first New Zealand All Blacks rugby team in the United Kingdom.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1905-1

by Trevor Lloyd

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Trevor H. Worthy, Moa – Moa and people, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/11391/the-moa-and-the-lion (accessed 7 June 2026).

Story by Trevor H. Worthy, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

Frederic
14 October 2010

a detail: this card was issued in 1904.