The Moa Hunt
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{Anthropologically, 1942 was a memorable year for reseatch in the South Island concerning the culture of the Moa Hunters. . . . More is known to« day. about these early dwellers in the South Island than ever before. . . Another unusual custom pertaining to these people was the burial of a perforated moa’s egg with each of the seven bodies found. . .’"-From an item in "The Press,’ Christchurch.] A RACE of Hunters long extinct Whose Bones and Trophies we have found, With our Affairs remotely linked, Because they trod the self-same Ground, Call, like a Spectre from the Mist Of Time, the Anthropologist, UT, spite of Anthropology, We have our Moa Hunters stillOh don’t begin reminding me There are no Moas left to killWho hunt with Curses and with Cheers Dead Issues and extinct Ideas, — O when I hear of Peace maintained For ever by superior Force, And scientific Heavens gained From This or That material Source, I know that, in the Din of War, The Moa Hunt is up once more, » Moa Hunters, happy Race, You'll find your wingless Birds have flown; The Trophies of your ghostly Chase Nothing but Dust and Bits of bone; And like your Prototypes who fell, we ‘ae your Quarry’s empty 1.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 187, 22 January 1943, Page 10
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210The Moa Hunt New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 187, 22 January 1943, Page 10
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