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Operating steam engines, blacksmiths at work in a forge and a tweed ride all featured in the 160th anniversary of Dunedin’s heritage gem, the...

Findings from the skeletal remains of miners laid to rest in Otago cemeteries in the 19th century are challenging some long held beliefs about life on the goldfields.

The remains of 12 early European and Chinese settlers were reinterred in Drybread Cemetery, Central Otago, on Saturday, marking an important final...

The Southern Cemeteries Archaeological Project will soon be complete, when the third and final reburial ceremony takes place at Drybread Cemetery this month.

The remains of 34 unknown early settlers found in unmarked graves are being reinterred in South Otago.

The remains of 34 unknown early settlers found in unmarked graves will be reinterred in South Otago today.

Researchers located 51 previously unmarked graves during the excavation.

A poignant ceremony was held at Lawrence yesterday as 34 Otago early settlers were publicly reburied in an area well known for its connection to...

Archaeologist have learned more about the early settlers in a gold mining town after examining their graves and exhumed remains.

The remains of 34 unknown early settlers, who have helped further shape the picture of life on Otago’s goldfields, will be laid to rest again this weekend.