A new bird at the Kauri Museum

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A sculpture of the extinct Moa bird made from driftwood collected from Northland beaches now stands at the entrance of Matakohe’s Kauri Museum. 

Made by talented Waipu sculptor Greg Maddox from Tapatai Driftwood Creations, the sculpture (pictured) was purchased by the museum to bring attention to the fact that kauri is one of the ancient trees of the world. Lying next to the sculpture is an ancient kauri log.

Like the ancient kauri trees, Moa were on the Northland landscape for thousands of years. They would have roamed the giant kauri forests, and were highly prized as a food source by maori.

“We have only had him a few days and already many photographs have been taken by international visitors bringing attention to New Zealand’s largest extinct bird,” says museum CEO Betty Nelley.
 

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