The Antiquities Act and how it is administered.

From New Zealand News, scientific findings have backed traditional Maori accounts that New Zealand was settled about 30 generations ago.

From the New Zealand Herald, a team from the Historic Places Trust and Otago University uncovered the site near the Buller River on a recent three-week excavation.

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark announced the introduction of a best practice approach to the management of heritage properties owned by government departments.

An article in the New Zealand Herald reporting the discovery of the skeleton of a large dog and a shallow trench on the site of the former Albert Barracks in the grounds of the University of Auckland.

Volcanic devastation at Rotorua Buried Village is revealed in site excavations and displays. Costs plus booking/enquiry form on-line.

Discoveries at an ancient Maori village site near Carters Beach, 6km west of Westport, are driving an archaeological breakthrough of international significance.

Response from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the recent prosecution and fining of two companies, Payne Sewell and Higgins Contractors Limited, for their involvement in knowingly damaging and destroying a burial area at Waikanae.

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The American billionaire owner of Cape Kidnappers Station in Hawke's Bay has revised plans to build a luxury accommodation lodge to avoid damaging a pair of archaeological sites.

An article in the New Zealand Herold reporting that divers have recovered a rare greenstone adze on the seabed of Whangape Harbour during an underwater site survey.

The Mangaia Archaeological Project, headed by ARF Director Patrick V. Kirch, has yielded new information on the nature of ecological changes during the past 7,000 years.

A resource for searching for radiocarbon dates from New Zealand Archaeological sites.

Pictures reconstructing prehistoric life in New Zealand, a critical assesment.

An article in the New Zealand Herald reporting that the descendants of a long-disbanded British regiment are furious at the destruction of archaeological remains at the site of the former Albert Barracks in the grounds of the University of Auckland.

Focuses on the production of an archive resource on Rock Art taoka, along with supporting runanga in the conservation and interpretation of Rock Art sites.

A proposal to readdress the problem of sourcing by focusing on 'artefact-quality' material and by intensively sampling one or more sources for chemical analysis in order to properly assess the feasability of characterization.