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Kōrero: Natural environment

Mate ā-moa

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Hunted to extinction

I te taenga o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa, i te mōrearea te noho a te huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), e toe ana ki ngā ika whenua i te tonga o Te Ika-a-Māui anake. He rite ōna huruhuru ki ngā huruhuru pango-kikorangi o te tūī, engari anō te kōtore o te huia, i manakotia nuitia e te Māori. Nāwai ā, ka hiahia te iwi Pākehā ki ngā huruhuru o tēnei manu; whāia, kia tae ki te tekau tau atu i 1920 kua ngaro ā-moa te huia. I tua atu i te tangata me āna mahi, kainga ai te huia e te kiore, te ngeru me te toriura.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Natural environment – Fauna, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2687/mate-a-moa (accessed 8 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.

Comments

Matt Thomson
29 May 2024
I'm unaware of any evidence of a "European Craze for Huia feathers." Can you please send me the evidence you have for this? Thanks