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Prehistoric Bird Once Thought to Be Extinct Returns to New Zealand Wild
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Huia is the one I'd bring back.
Huia, I just looked it up but I don't know anything about the bird.
Why would you bring back the huia?
When I was growing up in Dunedin NZ, our butter’s brand name was Huia, and there was a drawing of the bird on the wrapper. So it’s partly nostalgia, but mostly because it was beautiful, and sacred in Māori culture. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018657018/the-call-of-the-huia-remembered
I read about it after you mentioned the huia, and I do like the concept of giving it as a gift. That's cool.
Here's to the huia