Above: Sunshine enters down one of many shafts which connect Mega Mania with the surface. It is these vertical entrances which have acted as natural traps for wandering birds and animals. The dry, unchanging cave passages at the bottom of shafts have become bird graveyards, which date back thousands of years. Discoveries include mummified kakapo, several complete moa skeletons and a nearly complete adzebill skeleton.
NEIL SILVERWOOD
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Forest and Bird, Issue 297, 1 August 2000, Page 16
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67Above: Sunshine enters down one of many shafts which connect Mega Mania with the surface. It is these vertical entrances which have acted as natural traps for wandering birds and animals. The dry, unchanging cave passages at the bottom of shafts have become bird graveyards, which date back thousands of years. Discoveries include mummified kakapo, several complete moa skeletons and a nearly complete adzebill skeleton. NEIL SILVERWOOD Forest and Bird, Issue 297, 1 August 2000, Page 16
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