Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 22, 2017 18:29:30 GMT 12
TREATY OF WAITANGI MOVED TO NEW WELLINGTON HOME UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
They only had to travel a few hundred metres down the road.
But the secretive operation was plotted for years and took place under cover of darkness, with no members of the public allowed to take part in the journey to protect the important documents' security.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) was moved overnight Friday from Archives New Zealand on Wellington's Mulgrave St a few hundred metres up the road to the National Library on Molesworth St.
The three documents, including the Treaty, were moved at 2.45am with so much caution that archivists had to walk slowly alongside the vehicle to ensure there was no vibration.
Chief archivist Marilyn Little said a waiata was sung as a group shepherded the truck between the buildings. Mulgrave St was still dotted with security guards by 8am on Saturday for the operation.
The final cost of the project came in at $7.2 million, nudging it only slightly over the DIA's budget. .......
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They only had to travel a few hundred metres down the road.
But the secretive operation was plotted for years and took place under cover of darkness, with no members of the public allowed to take part in the journey to protect the important documents' security.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) was moved overnight Friday from Archives New Zealand on Wellington's Mulgrave St a few hundred metres up the road to the National Library on Molesworth St.
The three documents, including the Treaty, were moved at 2.45am with so much caution that archivists had to walk slowly alongside the vehicle to ensure there was no vibration.
Chief archivist Marilyn Little said a waiata was sung as a group shepherded the truck between the buildings. Mulgrave St was still dotted with security guards by 8am on Saturday for the operation.
The final cost of the project came in at $7.2 million, nudging it only slightly over the DIA's budget. .......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/91815424/treaty-of-waitangi-moved-to-new-wellington-home-under-cover-of-darkness?cid=facebook.post.91815424