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Story: Moa

Distribution of moa

  • Crested moa

  • Eastern moa

  • Heavy-footed moa

  • Little bush moa

  • Mantell’s moa

  • North Island giant moa

  • South Island giant moa

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    Stout-legged moa

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    Upland moa

Click on the names of the moa species to see where in New Zealand they are thought to have lived.

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Trevor H. Worthy, Moa – Distribution, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/11365/distribution-of-moa (accessed 19 June 2026).

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