Editing Haast's eagle (section)

==Relationship with humans==

Some believe that these birds are described in many legends of the [[Māori mythology]], under the names ''[[pouākai]]'', ''[[Hakawai (mythology)|Hakawai]]'' (or ''[[Hakawai (mythology)|Hōkioi]]'' in the [[North Island]]).<ref name="rodgers">{{cite news |last=Rodgers |first=Paul |date=14 September 2009 |title=Maori legend of man-eating bird is true |newspaper=The Independent |url=http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/maori-legend-of-maneating-bird-is-true-1886061.html |access-date=14 September 2009 |archive-date=22 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922185558/http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/maori-legend-of-maneating-bird-is-true-1886061.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Ngā manu – birds – Birds' names |encyclopedia=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |last=Keane-Tuala |first=Kelly |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/12176/te-hokioi |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=24 September 2007 |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322222034/https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/12176/te-hokioi |url-status=live }}</ref> According to an account given to Sir [[George Grey]]—an early governor of New Zealand—Hōkioi were huge black-and-white birds with yellow-green tinged [[wing]]s and a red [[Crest (feathers)|crest]]. In Māori mythology, Pouākai would prey on and kill humans along with moa,<ref>{{Cite news |title=This Extinct Eagle May Have Gulped Guts Like a Vulture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/science/haasts-eagle-vulture-new-zealand.html |last=Imbler |first=Sabrina |date=30 November 2021 |access-date=22 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322101045/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/science/haasts-eagle-vulture-new-zealand.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Grey, George |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1g21/grey-george |encyclopedia=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |last=Sinclair |first=Keith |year=1990 |access-date=22 March 2024 |archive-date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210070011/https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1g21/grey-george |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rodgers |first=Paul |date=14 September 2009 |title=Maori legend of man-eating bird is true |newspaper=The Independent |url=http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/maori-legend-of-maneating-bird-is-true-1886061.html |access-date=22 March 2024 |archive-date=20 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220124600/http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/maori-legend-of-maneating-bird-is-true-1886061.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which scientists believe could have been possible if the name relates to the eagle, given the massive size and strength of the bird.<ref name=rodgers/><ref>{{Cite news |title=The man – killer that came from the sky |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/lifestyle/2522035/The-man-killer-that-came-from-the-sky |last=O'Connor |first=Tom |date=28 July 2009 |access-date=22 March 2024 |work=[[Taranaki Daily News]] |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322093601/https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/lifestyle/2522035/The-man-killer-that-came-from-the-sky |url-status=live }}</ref> However, it has also been argued that the "''hakawai''" and "''hōkioi''" legends refer to the [[Austral snipe]]—in particular the extinct South Island species.<ref name="Miskelly">{{cite journal |last=Miskelly |first=C. M. |year=1987 |title=The identity of the hakawai |journal=Notornis |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=95–116 |url=https://www.notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_34_2.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_34_2.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>