Pamela Moresby
The Haast Eagle lived 300 years ago and it had a 14 foot wing span. It was so big it used to be able to attack and carry Maori children, there are legends about that.
Now it’s extinct and we don’t know why. The bones have been found and kept by the qualified experts. This wooden sculpture is hanging in the Arotaki visitor centre.
There was also another bird that was 7 foot high, flightless like Emu or Ostrich but really huge, that was called a “Moa”. The Maoris hunted it to extinction.
