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Haast eagle attacking moa
Haast eagle attacking moa

...that the extinct Haast eagle was the world’s largest bird of prey of the last five million years?

...that New Zealand’s annual science fiction awards are named after former prime minister Sir Julius Vogel?

...the Mahuika crater off New Zealand’s North Island is the result of a bolide impact, and could have resulted in a tsunami during the 15th century?

..that Tony Wilding, New Zealand’s only Wimbledon men’s tennis champion, was killed during World War I?