THE VANISHED HUIA V A report that a pair of huias have been seen in a part of the Ruahine Ranges is being investigated by the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society. For many years the hum, once so plentiful in* the mid-island ranges, and eagerly sought in other ways by the natives on account * of its white barrad tail feathers, has been believed to be extinct. Forty years ago the huia was often seen by members of survey parties, apd it was described as a very friendly bird with a curious interest in survey, camps. In 1907 a pair of huias were seen in the Kawliatau district, to the east of Mangaweka. Since that timp* there have been various reports* of huias being seen, but there is quite a possibility that the'bird seen was the rare North Island crow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1929, Page 5
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