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APRIL 2008 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Survey Conditions
At the time of the survey, land use within the proposed construction corridor included
mown drainage reserves, pastoral grazing, rank pasture, maize cropping, scrub and
exotic plantings, disused railway yards, road reserve and small residential sections.
The current land use within the construction corridor obscured the ground surface or
prevented access to some areas during the survey. Several areas including railway
land between Te Maunga and Mangatawa Lane and dunes on the northern side of SH
2 between Mangatawa Lane and Bruce Road had been extensively modified
significantly reducing the likelihood of identifying archaeological features.
Results
No previously unrecorded archaeological sites with visible surface features were
identified during the April 2008 archaeological survey of the construction corridor
between Te Maunga and Domain Road. Subsurface testing and examination of
existing cuttings and disturbed soils did not reveal evidence for the presence of
subsurface archaeological features.
The coordinates provided by the NZAA for the 7 previously recorded archaeological
sites are accurate to within 10 – 50 metres. All 7 sites are located within private
properties and at least 100 metres from the construction corridor and as, they are not
affected by the proposal, were not revisited during the April 2008 survey.