Human beings have lived in New Zealand for the last thousand years.
Species of birds which have become extinct in New Zealand in the last thousand years:
Little Bush Moa
Upland Moa
Heavy-Footed Moa
Crested Moa
Mappin’s Moa
Eastern Moa
Stout-Legged Moa
Coastal Moa
Slender Bush Moa
Large Bush Moa
Giant Moa
New Zealand Pelican
New Zealand Swan
South Island Goose
North Island Goose
Chatham Island Duck
Finsch’s Duck
Scarlett’s Duck
De Lautour’s Duck
Blue-Billed Duck
Eyles’ Harrier
Chatham Island Sea-Eagle
Giant New Zealand Eagle
Snipe-Rail
Giant Chatham Island Rail
Hodgen’s Rail
Yaldwyn’s Wren
Grant-Mackie’s Wren
New Zealand Coot
Adzebill
Giant Chatham Island Snipe
New Zealand Owlet-Nightjar
New Zealand Crow
North Island Takahe
New Zealand Little Bittern
Auckland Island Merganser
Chatham Island Rail
Laughing Owl
Bush Wren
Stephens Island Wren
Chatham Island Fernbird
Huia
Piopio
New Zealand Quail
Dieffenbach’s Rail
Stewart Island Snipe
Little Barrier Snipe
Chatham Island Bellbird
South Island Kokako
The Huia
Let it be our solemn promise
To Mother Earth
That from now on we shall
Take very good care of her.
- Sri Chinmoy
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The aphorism above, appears in the collection Sri Chinmoy's Heart-Garden.
Visit the home page of John Thomas Pusateri Jr and view his moving photographs of dead birds
- then he may forgive me for borrowing the photograph above.