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Kōrero: Pacific migrations

Roke kanae o te ngārara Lapitiguana impensa

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Fossil remains of the giant iguana <em>Lapitiguana impensa </em>

Anei te papatoiake o te giant iguana kua mate ā-moa nei, i te taha o te papatoiake o te iguana e ora ana i ēnei rā. I kitea ngā roke kanae o te giant iguana i tētahi ahu otaota i te moutere o Viti Levu i Whītī. Haurua i te kotahi mita te roa o te ngārara nei. Ko te whakaaro i mate ā-moa te ngārara nei i muri tata o te taunga atu o te tangata ki reira e 3,000 tau ki mua.

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Palaeofaunal Surveys

by Jim Palmer and T. H. Worthy

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Geoff Irwin, Pacific migrations – Into Remote Oceania: Lapita people, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4234/roke-kanae-o-te-ngarara-lapitiguana-impensa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 8 February 2017.