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North Island giant moa

Head of a North Island giant moa head among clematis blossoms.

The North Island Giant Moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae), a watercolour painting by Paul Martinson, is a depiction of the extinct moa/kuranui. Moa disappeared roughly 200 years after humans first arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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