Priscilla Wehi, Hemi Whaanga and Murray Cox

Guest writer

Priscilla Wehi is a conservation biologist at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Hēmi Whaanga is an Associate Professor at the University of Waikato, and Murray Cox is a Professor of Computational Biology at Massey University.

The extinction of important animal resources such as the moa reverberated culturally for centuries after the birds’ extinction. Image: John Megahan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND

Oral traditions show that early Māori recognised the extinction of the moa

After Europeans arrived, moa were used a metaphor for the feared extinction of Māori themselves, write the authors of a new study.

By Priscilla Wehi, Hemi Whaanga and Murray Cox | 9th September, 2018