BURIED MAORI CANOE.
DISCOVERED IN GARDEN. TOO DECAYED FOR. REMOVAL. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. A Maori canoe of unknown origin was recently struck by the owner of a property at Moera, near the mouth of the Hutt River, while he was digging in his garden. The Dominion Museum is interested in the discovery, and the services of the Public Works Department employees were secured to dig the canoe out, but hopes of a valuable addition to the museum were dashed, because after the unearthing had proceeded for a time the museum officials decided that owing to considerable decay the canoe would not be worth removing. The trench was filled in again, and once more the canoe lies buried. It was about 60ft long and Oft wide at its broadest part. It had been carved out of a totara tree, but was not finished.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 9
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