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Kōrero: Pacific migrations

Roke kanae o te manu megapode Megavitiornis altirostris

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Fossil remains of the giant iguana Lapitiguana impensa (2nd of 3)

Ko te megapode, he manu kāore e rere. Kāore e kore i patua rawatia e ngā tāngata tōmua ki ngā moutere i reira rātou. I kitea te waewae manu nei i te moutere o Viti Levu i Whītī. Kotahi anake te momo megapode e ora ana i ēnei rā i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ko te Megapodius pritchardii. Paku iho tēnei manu i a Megavitiornis altirostris. Ko tōna nohonga kei te moutere puia o Niuafo’ou i Tonga.

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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/4235/roke-kanae-o-te-manu-megapode-megavitiornis-altirostris (accessed 4 June 2026).

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