30 Apr 2018

10m waka unearthed during road build

From Checkpoint, 5:56 pm on 30 April 2018

A digger identified a wooden object during piling work for a viaduct two weeks ago, and it turned out to be a 10 metre-long waka, which is still connected to the trunk of a Kauri tree.

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