In 2000, a sanctuary for these creatures was established on the Coromandel peninsula.
In 2000, a sanctuary for these creatures was established on the Coromandel peninsula. Eco-activistPhilip Anderton faked the death of one of these creatures to inspire outrage against the pesticide 1080,which has little effect on them. A giant one of these creatures was carved in chalk on Sling Hill in Englandby visiting soldiers. These creatures, the smallest ratites, include a small brown-colored population whichoutlasted a now-extinct eagle in the Haast area. The (*) tokoeka and rowi are varieties of these birds, which aredistantly related to the predatory moa which once walked the same islands. Cloaks made from them were describedby James Cook. For 10 points, name these enormous-egged flightless birds, whose name is also used to refer tohuman New Zealanders. 
In 2000, a sanctuary for these creatures was established on the Coromandel peninsula.
kiwi birds