
Family stumbles upon Moa bones on daily beach walk
A four-year-old Timaru girl is taking her love of all things stones and bones to the next level after her mum stumbled across the remains of a big bird. Earlier this week Pippa Yates, found what she suspected were bones of the now extinct moa, while on her daily walk at Saint Andrews beach south of Timaru. The South Canterbury Museum confirmed the find, and now the family are carefully cleaning up the bones. Pippa Yates spoke to Lisa Owen.
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