Human remains found at Mount identified

Divers searching Tauranga Harbour following the discovery of the skull. Photos and video by Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

The human skull fished up from Tauranga Harbour has been identified.

Detective Sergeant Alan Kingsbury says the skull has been identified by a pathologist as a pre-European adult Maori man.

The skull was found by a fisherman on August 6 at Salisbury Wharf in Mount Maunganui.

Alan says it will now be returned to Tauranga.

"Local iwi will be consulted to organise a final resting place.

"Police would like to thank members of the public who provided information relating to the skull."

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