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
Cartoon 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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Frederic (not verified)
14 October 2010
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