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Ngāi Tahu partners with colossal and Peter Jackson to resurrect the extinct Moa
In a groundbreaking Indigenous-led initiative, the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre has partnered with Texas-based de-extinction ...
‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa
Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...
Giant, flightless bird is next target for de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences
A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...
Lord of the Wings? ‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs plan to ‘de-extinct’ New Zealand bird
In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal ...
First the dire wolf, now NZ’s giant moa: why real ‘de-extinction’ is unlikely to fly
The announcement that New Zealand’s moa nunui (giant moa) is the next “de-extinction” target for Colossal Biosciences, in partnership with Canterbury Museum, the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and ...
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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson backs plan to do a Jurassic Park on extinct birds
New Zealand’s Giant Moa stood over three meters tall but were easy prey Researchers from New Zealand will try to revive extinct birds, with help from Colossal Biosciences and film-maker Sir Peter ...
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Lisa Tumahai - The Spinoff
In a legal first, Ngāi Tahu has lodged a statement of claim in the High Court seeking recognition of its rangatiratanga over their awa and moana.
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Samuel Taylor - The Spinoff
Samuel Taylor (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Pāoa, Waikato-Tainui), originally from Tauranga, is an undergraduate at Harvard University studying Government and Economics. He was a founder and president of ...