Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 31, 2016 18:16:02 GMT 12
HUMAN REMAINS HALT WORK ON WAIKATO EXPRESSWAY
Anthropologists are working to find out more about human remains that were uncovered during work on a new section of the Waikato Expressway.
Work has been halted after the discovery of the bones, known as koiwi, near Huntly on Tuesday.
Contractors found a skull while laying a culvert. Digging was immediately called off while local iwi were notified.
Hamilton highway manager Kaye Clark says following a blessing at the site, the koiwi will be sent to researchers in Auckland, and reinterred at Taupiri Urupa by kaumatua after they have been examined.
"We've immediately gone into our protocols we have with Waikato Tainui for what we do when that happens," she says.
“Our protocols include provisions for kaitiaki (guardians) from iwi to work on site, as needed, to monitor earthworks as they unfold. This discovery was made by the kaitiaki and the project archaeologists working alongside each other, which is exactly what should happen."….
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/human-remains-halt-work-on-waikato-expressway-2016033106
Anthropologists are working to find out more about human remains that were uncovered during work on a new section of the Waikato Expressway.
Work has been halted after the discovery of the bones, known as koiwi, near Huntly on Tuesday.
Contractors found a skull while laying a culvert. Digging was immediately called off while local iwi were notified.
Hamilton highway manager Kaye Clark says following a blessing at the site, the koiwi will be sent to researchers in Auckland, and reinterred at Taupiri Urupa by kaumatua after they have been examined.
"We've immediately gone into our protocols we have with Waikato Tainui for what we do when that happens," she says.
“Our protocols include provisions for kaitiaki (guardians) from iwi to work on site, as needed, to monitor earthworks as they unfold. This discovery was made by the kaitiaki and the project archaeologists working alongside each other, which is exactly what should happen."….
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/human-remains-halt-work-on-waikato-expressway-2016033106