Along the beacli to the south of, and almost opposite, Seatoun Wharf, Wellington, there was formerly a Maori village, said Mr H. M. Christie, in the course of an address to the New Zealand Historical Association. Many remains of occupation were seen there thirty years ago. Prom a midden, a number of articles of native workmanship were recovered, such as pigeon spear barbs, fish-hooks, pendants, bone needles, carving to6ls, etc. Several skeletons were dug out from a sandy patch, and a fine st6ne adze lay beside one of them. Most of the articles, said Mr Christie, are now in the Newtown Museum. A number of bone ornaments were found in a cleft of rock when the rock was being removed during road-making operations. A cave ogened about the same time yielded the largest number of moa bones found at one time on the peninsula
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 16
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