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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 10, 2018 18:42:19 GMT 12
CALLS FOR PROSECUTION AFTER DAMAGE TO MĀORI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITEAn Auckland iwi treaty settlement body is calling for prosecutory action after a previously unknown archaeological site was damaged on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Tribal Trust chairman James Brown has claimed 49 cows died in the summer heat on Boxing Day last year before being buried in a hole that damaged a midden - where early Māori stored food waste. Department of Conservation Auckland Inner Islands operations manager Keith Gell said Heritage New Zealand had discovered there had been a slight accidental disturbance of a corner of the midden. "The cows were buried at a location that, according to the map, was free of archaeological sites. That's because no one knew the midden was there because it was hidden underground. "In digging a hole to bury the dead cows, the farmer was unaware he'd slightly disturbed the corner of a midden." Meanwhile, Ngāi Tai just had its third and final reading of bill in Parliament over own settlement with Crown that includes exclusive sites on Motutapu Island. .... www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/361499/calls-for-prosecution-after-damage-to-maori-archaeological-site
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