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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16975, 5 March 1926, Page 8

While excavating for building purposes close to the camp upon White Island recently a Maori greenstone whakakai, or drop ear ornament, was found in the quarried earth. It is a fair specimen of greenstone, but unfortunately is broken where the stone, is pierced to be fixed to the ear. This discovery supports the statements that in days gone by Maoris visited the island. It is common knowledge that, ihey did so every autumn to catch and dry sufficient fish for the winter months, it cannot be stated definitely whether the ornament came from a. depth of a foot'or so under tho surface or whether if had becu unknowingly dropped by its owner and so covered by leaf mould. .It was not tho custom of the Maoris to cast greenstone away even though it may have been a little damaged.