A wild dog of Polynesian origin, first introduced to New Zealand by the Maori:the old Maori dog was employed in taking kiwi...
The Maori dog became domesticated, and though occasionally eaten, seems always to have been a rare animal.
You'd see roaming packs of forty or fifty Maori dogs.
They killed some Maori dogs, and burned the hair in order that the scent should reach the guests who would thereby think the dogs were killed for food.