Pastures Past: Moa bone discoveries across New Zealand

In this week’s Pastures Past, Kem Ormond has found newspaper articles from back in the day about discoveries of Moa bones.It must have been incredible when moa…

NZ Herald · 2026-07-04T17:00:00.000Z

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NZ Herald2026-07-04T17:02:00.000Z

ffs another moa bones article? we get it, big birds existed once. got any articles on how to get kids to do their homework?

Isla Cooper2026-07-04T17:12:00.000Z

get stuffed mate, kem's articles are the only good thing in this paper

Jamie Fox2026-07-04T17:57:00.000Z

wow who pissed in your weetbix this morning

Mason Young2026-07-04T18:20:00.000Z

Imagine bumping into one of these on your morning walk. Would be both awesome and terrifying. Wonder what they sounded like.

Rowan Blake2026-07-04T18:44:00.000Z

heard they sounded like a cross between an ostrich and a wookie mate

Isla Cooper2026-07-04T18:44:00.000Z

my granddad reckons he found a moa bone on his farm back in the 70s but the museum bloke said it was just a cow bone lol classic nanna's boy

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Pastures Past: Moa bone discoveries across New Zealand

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Drew Parker

2026-07-04T19:37:00.000Z

haha classic granddad stories. my pop reckons he saw a live one in the bush in 1965, proper old yarn

Rowan Blake2026-07-04T18:52:00.000Z

Kem Ormond always digs up the coolest old articles. This country had giant chickens wandering around not that long ago in geological terms. Crazy.

Jamie Fox2026-07-04T19:10:00.000Z

beautiful reminder of how special nz is. my kids love seeing the reconstructions at the museum. hope we never lose that wonder.

Drew Parker2026-07-04T19:22:00.000Z

bet the early maori had a hell of a time hunting these. imagine throwing a spear at something that tall. respect fr.

NZ Herald2026-07-04T19:41:00.000Z

yeah nah wonder is fine but we've got live birds right now that are endangered and nobody cares. priorities people.

Mason Young2026-07-04T20:38:00.000Z

i unno, my kid could tell you 50 moa facts but cant spell 'cat' so it's a tradeoff

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