He named it Harpagornis moorei after the Greek word harpax, meaning grappling hook. In 1873 more bones were discovered, adding to a rare collection now held in an unprepossessing cabinet at Canterbury Museum. For the first time, says Paul Scofield, the museum’s senior curator of natural history, European scientists had to admit the Māori whakataukī “were, in fact, correct”. Since then, their bones have been found at more than 50 sites in the South Island.
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Professor Paul Scofield said the finding of pouākai bones forced European scientists to admit Māori stories were true. Some are up to 30,000 years old, others are estimated to be only 500 years old, showing that eagles and humans were around at the same time (Waitaha stories tell of a large, man-eating eagle living in the Castle Hill area killed by a group of 50 warriors).
SHREVEPORT, La. - A young man was dropping a friend off in Shreveport when four guys approached them with guns in an attempt to steal his car. KTBS 3 spoke
SHREVEPORT, La. - A young man was dropping a friend off in Shreveport when four men approached them with guns in an attempt to steal his car. KTBS 3 spoke with his mother, concerned about what happened to her son and for the safety of Shreveport.Â
Betty Hendricks
Betty Hendricks lives in Farmersville. Her son is in the National Guard. While he was passing through Shreveport in Saturday, headed to Camp Minden, Hendricks and her husband got a call from their son. While he was running, he called my husband, said Hendricks. I m listening and I m like What s going on?
Hendricks said someone was shooting at her son. It happened at the intersection of Pierremont Road and Southern Avenue around midnight. A group of men in a car across the intersection got out of stolen car and headed toward Hendricks son with guns. Her son, along with his passenger, ran, abandoning their vehicle.