Largest archaeological dig in New Zealand unearths thousands of 19th-century treasures
An intact shoe, a Chilean peso from 1853 and even a former vegetable plot have been unearthed in one of the biggest archaeological digs in New Zealand…beneath the site of the planned Te Kaha arena, which stretches over three blocks in central Christchurch.
The Chilean peso discovered on the Te Kaha arena site was a mystery, Watson said. "We have no idea how that has ended up in Christchurch.”