More than 50 bird species have become extinct in New Zealand since the arrival of humans Maori came to New Zealand around 1300AD and by the end of the century had, principally through hunting, caused the extinction of the moa. Haast’s eagle, a giant raptor that preyed upon the moa soon followed as its principal […]
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