More contagious than any bird-borne virus, moa fever is surprisingly easy to contract in the New Zealand backcountry. Earlier this year, a team of Department of Conservation workers was digging near Routeburn Falls Hut when the backhoe turned up something unusual about a metre beneath the surface: bones. They were far too big to be […]
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