Ko wai taua iwi?
Prior to Maori immigration, a dark-skinned race, the Moriori, of whose origin nothing is known, settled on the eastern coast of North Island; it is believed that they came to hunt the moa, a wingless bird about 3.7 m (about 12 ft) tall, which is now extinct. Some of these people were absorbed into the Maori population; the remainder were driven out and allowed to settle in the Chatham Islands, where the last survivor is said to have died in the mid-20th century.
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