In July, the Maori tribe Ngati Huia agreed to support the cloning of the Huia, an extinct bird that once flourished in New Zealand. The decision was made during a conference held in Hastings where ...

A feather of New Zealand’s extinct huia has sold for $46,521 (£22,409), setting a new record for the feather of a bird sacred to the Māori people. The sale at Webb’s Material Culture live ...

But the bird has been extinct for over a century, with its last sighting in 1907. The huia feather sold at Webb's Auction House in Auckland was initially estimated to be worth around $1,830 ...

The environmental group has put 75 species on the ticket for this year's Bird of the Century contest, of which a quintet are thought to be extinct in New Zealand. They include the huia -- a ...