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Moa butchery

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Moa butchery

Archaeological investigations near Kaūpokonui, Taranaki, uncovered this collection of moa bones. The site is thought to have been a butchery, where carcasses were dismembered.

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University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Photographic Archive

Reference: 023/M_4_141_013

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Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Māori conservation traditions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13899/moa-butchery (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.