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    • Watercolour painting by Paul Martinson of North Island takahē.
    Rights: Te Papa Tongarewa. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Published 31 January 2019 Size: 11 MB Referencing Hub media

    This watercolour painting by Paul Martinson is a depiction of the extinct North Island takahē.

    Moho. Porphyrio mantelli. From the series: Extinct Birds of New Zealand, 2004, Masterton, by Paul Martinson. Purchased 2006. Te Papa (2006-0010-1/48).

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      The takahē’s evolutionary history

      Scientifically, takahē have been something of a mystery. For several decades, it was assumed that takahē were extinct in both the North and South Islands – until being rediscovered in 1948. There ...

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