The story of Kaikoura's Tombstone RockAbseil Access To recover the ancient bones, new technologies may be utilised. ​Beside a rock nicknamed Tombstone, Tom Arnold adjusted his abseiling harness and looked out to the sea below. He and his colleagues were abseiling their way down the scree towards a large upright rock, Tombstone, which had moved during the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. For his part, Arnold remarks that he was "a little spooked" that the rock they'd nicknamed Tombstone turned out to be exactly that. But for now, Tombstone, the giant rock guarding the place where the bones of their revered ancestors lie, still stands tall.

Source: Stuff March 24, 2017 07:52 UTC