Moa
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Sep 27, 2026
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Like the Moas.
RegzHOST
No, that doesn't sound gangster.
RegzHOST
Does it? Yeah, you've got to coin that.
CamHOST
The bird that went extinct?
BenHOST
Moa.
CamHOST
Good.
CamHOST
How long were the Maori there for before Europeans came?
Emma KayGUEST
I think it's also an interesting lesson, kind of almost in, I don't know, the history of science, because there was so much pushback against this sort of concept because it didn't fit in with what was known.
Emma KayGUEST
And then we also have a really fascinating bit where there's sort of a sudden craze for the Moa, and they keep discovering...
SusannaHOST
This is in the 19th century? Yeah, the
Emma KayGUEST
19th century.
CamHOST
No.
JakeHOST
Moa.
CamHOST
Moa.
JakeHOST
Moa.
JakeHOST
Of
CamHOST
course.
Samuel ChongGUEST
They just grabbed whatever they needed from the marketplace.
Samuel ChongGUEST
And they built the Moas, the statues on Israel Island, to commemorate the ETs that were in contact with them, the Theobans.
Samuel ChongGUEST
So back then, they were in constant communications with the ETs from Theoba because they were ready, because they were highly spiritually advanced people.
Samuel ChongGUEST
But we are not ready to have direct contact yet because we are still having a lot of wars here on Earth.
Samuel ChongGUEST
So this is the explanation given to the author, how the Moas, the statues on Easter Island were built, and why they were built, and how the civilizations flourished and disappeared.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And how were they built? Did it explain that?
Samuel ChongGUEST
So they used a kind of unique vibration system to neutralize gravity so that they were able to lift the stones above ground.
Samuel ChongGUEST
They just grabbed whatever they needed from the marketplace.
Samuel ChongGUEST
And they built the Moas, the statues on Israel Island, to commemorate the ETs that were in contact with them, the Theobans.
Samuel ChongGUEST
So back then, they were in constant communications with the ETs from Theoba because they were ready, because they were highly spiritually advanced people.
Samuel ChongGUEST
But we are not ready to have direct contact yet because we are still having a lot of wars here on Earth.
Samuel ChongGUEST
So, this is the explanation given to the author, how the Moas, the statues on Easter Island were built, and why they were built, and how the civilization flourished and disappeared.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And how were they built? Did it explain that?
Samuel ChongGUEST
So they used a kind of unique vibration system to neutralize gravity so that they were able to lift the stones above ground.
Andrew PaskGUEST
But in the case of the MOA project, for example, At the moment, if you want to make a bird, you need to have a surrogate egg.
Andrew PaskGUEST
You need to have that egg that you can actually start to do the work on.
Andrew PaskGUEST
But there are no bird species that lay an egg even close to the size of the Moa egg, as I'm sure we all realize.
Andrew PaskGUEST
And so the way that we can get around that is by making this artificial egg.
Andrew PaskGUEST
So we've made it.
Andrew PaskGUEST
But with the artificial egg, it literally has a lid that you can take the top off and then you can go in and do whatever manipulations you need to.
Sharon Brett-KellyCORRESPONDENT
This is what Andrew was keen to emphasise, that he believes cutting-edge genetic engineering is as much about conservation as it is about de-extinction.
Sharon Brett-KellyCORRESPONDENT
For the Moa, this artificial egg is just one part of the puzzle.
Amanda BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's like, that's our genome.
Amanda BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Why have you got it? Moa was all throughout New Zealand.
Amanda BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you are going to bring it back, where would you put it? We don't currently have the landscape that it used to roam in.
Amanda BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So how would you bring that about? It's a very new take on an extremely old thing, which is colonial practices and sovereignty.