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What is the meaning of 'Moa'?

Moa is a native Maori name, first attested in 1842.


What were the predators of the moa?

Maori hunters and the haast eagle.


Where did moa live?

The Moa lived in parts of New Zealand, which the Maori used to hunt them, kill them and eat them.But nowadays the flightless Moa is extinct.


What part of the moa did the early maori eat?

everything including the eyes


Why are the Polynesians held responsible for the extinction of moa?

Actually, the Polynesians were not held responsible for the extinction of the moa, which was a large bird. The moa was mostly hunted in prehistoric times in its native New Zealand by the Maori.


What is Maori for native bird?

manu is the Maori word for a generic bird.I understand that moa was a name for chickens in older Polynesia.


What is the tallest bird in New Zealand?

It used to be the Moa before it was hunted to extinction by Maori.


What food did the maori found when they to aotearoa?

The maori people found the moa. Sorry that is all I know. This is a good website: www.teara.govt.nz Well I hope I helped


How did maori's use bird eggs?

They probably ate them. Also, when the first Maori arrived in New Zealand, there were huge birds there called moas. The Maori could easily have used moa eggshells for bowls and, or used fragments to make ornaments, like the Africans do with ostrich eggs.


Which man eating bird featured in early Maori rock drawings?

the giant moa i think


In what time period was the prehistoric Moa of NewZealand alive in?

The various species of Moa native to New Zealand existed up until the 1400 when Maori tribesmen hunted them to extinction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa#Extinction


Why did the Haast's eagle become extinct?

Due to lack in their main food, moa. Killed along with moas by the Maori.