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Hi, a reminder Tina and I are putting together a hepster party/ gathering Dunedin NZ Nov 25th-27th. I know it is far and expensive but we are stuck over this corner of the world so making fun where we are. Food, wildlife, party, that kind of thing, pm us if you want to know more. We need numbers by the end of the month.
www.facebook.com/bigfootmusicnz/videos/6...3115574/?pnref=story

I will look forward to seeing you there.

Wow! That is a cool offer but I live way too far away. It's my "B" day in November too! Any Moa's there? Dang, party time around the moa's, sounds like a blast!! j/k Any Maori preserved heads, left?? Are you by the Maori museum?

Wow, I didn't know about this. Sounds so cool! I'm sure it'll be a great time!

Sounds like a lot of fun. I wish I could attend, but I have a lousy job with few vacation days. No offense but the killing of this bird in the video is offensive to me! It's like killing a dinosaur to get dinner. Doesn't this country explain this to these people and offer food assistance? Horrible.

GF- It is an animation- these birds are long extinct. New Zealand/Aotearoa was the last place in the world for humans to settle, and these moa are thought to have only survived 70-90 years after the arrival of the Maori, long before the marauding Europeans and many more species. There is an archaeological site just north of here where they estimate there is the remains of 50,000 or more moa. There was nothing else here but seals to hunt.
And Fretboard- all of that public display of remains is not cool here anymore, was offensive to the customs- all body parts have been brought back here from museums and interred properly respectfully etc BUT I did help once with the recovery of koiwi ( human remains) from a burial site on an eroding cliff- was so interesting, may have dated from that period as above of first settling. Perfect teeth.

Hazel wrote: And Fretboard- all of that public display of remains is not cool here anymore, was offensive to the customs- all body parts have been brought back here from museums and interred properly respectfully etc BUT I did help once with the recovery of koiwi ( human remains) from a burial site on an eroding cliff- was so interesting, may have dated from that period as above of first settling. Perfect teeth.

Cool! I knew in the 1800's or so the practice of preserving heads by the Maori was outlawed but I didn't know all body parts were destroyed. Makes sense!!