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Kōrero: Extinctions

Moa butchery site

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Moa butchery site

This close-up of an archaeological dig at Kaūpokonui in Taranaki (site P21/3) shows the remains of moa butchered by early human settlers, probably about 1300–1400 CE.

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University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Photographic Archive

Reference: 023/M_4_141_005

by Richard Cassels

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Richard Holdaway, Extinctions – Extinctions in the human era, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13656/moa-butchery-site (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Richard Holdaway, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.