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To: gregor who wrote (4773)	6/15/2008 2:04:31 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 5290

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To: gregor who wrote (4773)	6/16/2008 6:55:29 PM
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So where the bloody hell are you? By Joel Maxwell An Australian who hit newspapers nationwide this year for his Urewera moa hunt turns to Petone Herald readers for help to find Rimataka’s big birds. An Aussie extinct-animal researcher has asked Petone Herald readers for help in his quest for living moa roaming the Rimataka Range. Rex Gilroy from Katoomba appeared in newspapers around the country earlier this year as he searched Urewera National Park for live moa. Now Mr Gilroy, of the Australian Unknown Animal Research Centre, has contacted the Petone Herald. He says he plans an expedition to the region to follow up reported sightings of small scrub moa in Rimataka Range. “Regardless of critics, we prefer to keep open minds and go in search of the evidence. “Perhaps some readers have information helpful to our research,” Mr Gilroy said. The Petone Herald called the Department of Conservation to find its view on roaming Rimataka moa but we were told its rangers were out in the field and unavailable. Meanwhile Mr Gilroy claims to have found fresh moa prints in his Urewera expedition. “They were found deep in the Ureweras at a confidential location,” he said. The moa is just one supposedly extinct species in Mr Gilroy’s sights. In Australia he has tried to find living Tasmanian tigers, various giant lizards and the Australian Bigfoot-style creature known in aboriginal lore as the Yowie. Mr Gilroy describes his research centre as a non-profit group with the goal of conserving rare species. The moa is indeed rare – extinct before Captain James Cook arrived in 1769. The giant moa stood more than three metres tall and weighed about 250 kilograms, however there were smaller moa varieties that were only slightly bigger than a turkey. localmedia.co.nz