MAORI RELICS FOUND
PADDLE AND GREENSTONE. i WHAKATANE EXCAVATIONS. WHAKATANE, March 16. Recent excavations for the foundations of the new Whakatane Hotel on the Strand have brought to light several interesting Maori relics, including a finely-carved canoe paddle and seevral small pieces of greenstone. To-day the workmen uncovered a fairly complete human skeleton. Such discoveries are very common for many ancient pa sites crown the bluffs at the back of the hotel ana after hundreds of years of Maori occupation the ground is rich in human remains, which are disturbed by every trench driven for foundations. Building operations some time ago uncovered a number of skulls and pounding stones made from a particular kind of rock from Whale Island. The skulls probably came from a sacred grove of karaka trees at the foot of and nearby Pohaturoa Rock, where they once hung a crop and fishing talismans.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 11
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