May 4, 2013 Thunder, lightening and moas

We are experiencing a gully whomper with much lightening and thunder.  No time to have the boat with the tallest mast in the marina.  We don't. 

New Zealand facts:  New Zealand has the highest rate of melanoma of any country in the world. 

There were 70 (according to Forest and Bird magazine) species of moa before the Polynesians/ Maori arrived and killed them all.  Wikipedia says there were 9 species – I wonder why the difference. 

Moa and giant Haast’s Eagle – both extinct by 1400 AD