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Ko te manu weriweri rawa atu ki te moa ko te hokioi (Haast eagle, harpogomis moorei). E 3 mita te whakaeanga o ana parirau. I te taenga o te tangata ki Aotearoa, i te kaha tonu te hokioi; tērā pea he kaitangata ia. Kia tae ki te 1400 AD, kua tahuna te nuinga o Te Wai Pounamu ki te ahi, kua kore he kāinga mō te hokioi, mō te moa hoki; taka rawa, ka ngaro atu ēnā manu. I te tau 1872 ka whāki tētahi Māori ki a kāwana Hōri Kerei, ko te ingoa o taua manu ko te ‘hokioi’, he pērā hoki tana tangi, ka mutu ‘i kitea e ō matou tīpuna’.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: F.005401/05
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