A family has launched a public campaign and begun legal action against Auckland Council after being denied access to the buried ashes of a relative shifted without its knowledge. The council was now looking at installing a memorial wall, naming those interred, but Mr Fergusson felt this wasn't good enough. He's taking legal action and has organised a Facebook campaign, Honour the 1800, which has already brought four other affected families forward. "He would undoubtedly have been collected and be resting with his whanau today, if our family were made aware that his ashes were going to be shifted." While the council had publicly notified at the time that it was moving a block of remains, just around 200 of the 2000 urns within it were collected.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 22, 2016 04:03 UTC