New Zealand Birds

DSC_8101309 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) this road sign was a mischievous response to publican Paddy Freaney's 'sighting' of a moa (near his Bealey River Hotel) in 1993, which caused an international media sensation. In reality moa have long been extinct, they were wiped out by polynesian colonists as early as 1500 *

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DSC_8101309 South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) this road sign was a mischievous response to publican Paddy Freaney's 'sighting' of a moa (near his Bealey River Hotel) in 1993, which caused an international media sensation. In reality moa have long been extinct, they were wiped out by polynesian colonists as early as 1500 *

DSC 8101309 Moa road crossing sign Paddy Freaney sensational sighting Bealey hotel