Tēnā koe Ed,

This email acknowledges receipt of your OIA request.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Ministerial Services at [Ministry for Culture and Heritage request email]. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be considered.

Ngā mihi

Holly

Te Pae Hāpai Minita | Ministerial Services
Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage
Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi

Culture is thriving, The people are well
Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington
PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

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Tēnā koe Ed

I'm writing to update you about your request.

Manatū Taonga does not hold the information you are seeking. So, I have reached out to other agencies to find out who does.

The date that you mention in your request is 2010. I have seen articles online that describe a woman's skeleton being unearthed in 2014. For example: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6446508....

Can I just double check that 2010 is the correct year?

Ngā mihi

Holly

Te Pae Hāpai Minita | Ministerial Services
Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage

Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving, The people are well
Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington
PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

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Kia ora anō Ed

I'm just following up from my email yesterday to let you know that Waka Kotahi holds the information you are seeking and will take care of this request from now on.

I will send a transfer email shortly. Waka Kotahi will be in touch with you.

Holly

Te Pae Hāpai Minita | Ministerial Services Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage

Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving, The people are well

Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay
Wellington PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

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Tçnâ koe

 

Manatû Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage received a request (on 11
November 2022 - attached) under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
from Ed Whakatihi. The request:

 

In 2010 a woman's skeleton dating back to the 1800s had been unearthed
along the Kapiti Expressway route.

 

What was the height of this woman?

 

As this request relates to records held by Waka Kotahi, we are required by
Section 14 of the OIA to transfer this request to your agency. Please
treat this email as a formal transfer of the request.

 

Ed Whakatihi, the requester, has been copied into this email. Please
respond to the requester directly regarding your response. A decision on
this request is due on 9 December 2022.

 

Ed – Any further communication on your request will come from Waka Kotahi.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Holly

 

Te Pae Hâpai Minita  |  Ministerial Services
Manatû Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage 
Ki te puâwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving, The people are well 
Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington
PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

 

Kia ora Ed

 

The height of the discovered skeleton was estimated to be approximately
1.5 – 1.8m tall.  At the request of iwi, no dating of the skeleton was
carried out.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

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