New Zealand's oldest burial site at risk of being flooded

New Zealand's oldest burial site at risk of being flooded

New research shows one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s earliest archaeological sites is at risk of being submerged by climate change-induced rising sea levels. Te Pokohiwi ō Kupe (also known as Wairau Bar) is an 8km long gravel bar located on the Cloudy Bay coastline in Marlborough on the South Island of New Zealand. Credit: Kevin L. Jones. It is one of the most historically significant sites, dating back to the early 1300s, and contains the earliest …