SPLENDID MOA SKELETON
A VALUABLE FIND COMING UPON THE UNEXPECTED. (ppr Prest* Association.) Palmerston N., July 21. The Government electrical engineer and an acclimatisation society ranger report the discovery of a magnificent moa skeleton at Waikaremoana. They were exploring a route for high tension wires last week, and came upon a ravine into which access could only be gained by ropes.... In a dry cave which had been blocked by a huge boulder the explorers found a splendidly preserved skeleton, which, when assembled, will show the bird’s height to have been 12ft 9in.
This valuable and interesting specimen has now been transported to Wairoa.
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Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 320, 22 July 1925, Page 5
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