12 votes When the Māori first settled New Zealand, they hunted flightless, 500-pound birds Posted June 16, 2019 by rmgr Tags: history, moa, maori, food, new zealand, dinosaurs, extinction, indigenous peoples, hunting, author.anne ewbank, source.atlasobscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-biggest-bird Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Authors Anne Ewbank Published Jun 14 2019 Word count 1041 words