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Kōrero: Moa

Fossilised footprints

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Fossilised footprints

These footprints of a large moa were exposed in August 1912 when a flood in the Manawatū River swept away the blue clay that had covered and preserved them. They show that the moa had three strong front-pointing toes and, unlike most other ratites, a small rear toe.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Royal Society of New Zealand

Reference: K. Wilson, 'Footprints of the Moa.' Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 45 (1912): plate 2.

Permission of the Royal Society of New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Trevor H. Worthy, Moa – Distribution, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11381/fossilised-footprints (accessed 26 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Trevor H. Worthy, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.