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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).
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