MOUNT EGMONT
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• Some months ago, while making a cutting-through 'towards the upwr slopes of Mount Egmont from tpe Stratford side, a party of workmen •uncovered what was evidently an ancient Maori oven. ■ During tho last week-end, the Maori oven was inspected by a -party headed by' Mr. "W. K. B. Oliver, Director of the Dominion Museum. The oven was found buried beneath layers of volcanic ash and pumice. Photographs were made and steps taken to preserve the < relic. | Hitherto opinions have been held that Egmont has not been active for several' thousand- years, but tUo discovery, of , this Maori oven indicates that the' mountain has been active in the- last 600 years, mid since the arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand. ' Mr. Hare Hongi, a well-known authority, on Maori' history,, to-day expressed no surprise at tho discovery of the oven. According to Maori tradition, he- said, a village called Tarawa-i-nuku was buried, on the side of Mount Egmont, as the result of a volcanic eruption.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 11
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169MOUNT EGMONT Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 11
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