Story: Extinction and decline

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Geoff Irwin and Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Extinction and decline, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/18737/media (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Geoff Irwin and Carl Walrond, published 22 September 2012, updated 1 May 2016.