Their feet were so, so big. Their legs were so big, the Maori people wanted to hunt them to eat them.
Phoebe
It is big. The Maori people ate them.
Billy
The biggest bird ever. I wish I was alive in the olden days. I wish I had the moa as a pet. You’re dreaming mate!
Jirah
They were 4 metres long. They had no teeth. They couldn’t run fast. They laid big eggs.
They had to hide, and waited and waited until the moa came and they threw spears.
Callum
The moa was four metres tall. It had big feet. The moa is extinct. The Maori people ate the moa long ago. The moa had big eggs. They were used for a can of water.
Jessica
They are extinct. They got eaten by the Maori men. There were no moa left.
Nathan
The people were hiding. And when the moa came they threw sticks at the moa and the sticks are sharp. They ate the moa.
Storm