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They were hunted for food, feathers, and as specimens for museums and private collections.
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They became extinct at the same time as the appearance of man, and it is assumed humans hunted them for food.
The colonization of these regions by Britain gave British sport hunters access to the species, and they were hunted heavily. They went nearly extinct.
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They have been important food sources for many people, and continue to be hunted as such in some parts of the world.
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They were the dominant herbivores in New Zealand's forest, shrubland and subalpine ecosystems for thousands of years, and until the arrival of the Māori were hunted only by the Haast's Eagle.
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They carved tools from wood and stone, wove baskets, and sewed rabbitskin robes, made pottery and hunted with bows and arrows.
They gathered a wide variety of seeds, nuts, and berries, and fished and hunted for fowl to supplement their diets.
They fished and hunted in the waters and forests of the area and had become prosperous by trading with other groups of people on the coast and in the interior.
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