A ship that sank 112 years ago bearing bodies of 499 Chinese miners has been discovered near Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand.
一艘沉没112年、载有499名中国矿工尸体的沉船在新西兰赫基昂加湾附近被发现。
propeller1 of the underwater shipwreck2 S.S. Ventnor near Whangarei, off the northern New Zealand coast. The S.S. Ventnor sank 112 years ago off the northern New Zealand coast, carrying the exhumed4 bodies of 499 Chinese miners." style="cursor:pointer" onclick="window.open('/upimg/allimg/141127/1_141127073823_1.jpg')" />
Fish swim around the propeller of the underwater shipwreck S.S. Ventnor near Whangarei, off the northern New Zealand coast. The S.S. Ventnor sank 112 years ago off the northern New Zealand coast, carrying the exhumed bodies of 499 Chinese miners.
However, there has been
outrage5 within the country's Chinese community with some people claiming it to be disrespectful, according to the New Zealand
Herald6.
These miners, some in wooden
coffins7 and others in sealed
zinc8 caskets, had died during New Zealand's gold rush.
They had paid in advance to ensure their bodies would go back to China, no matter what.
But the ship S.S. Ventnor sank off the northern New Zealand coast shortly after it left a Wellington port.
The
wreck3 was found by a team led by John Albert, an amateur New Zealand filmmaker who said he might make a documentary out of the Ventnor's story.
But the Chinese community have released a statement via the New Zealand Chinese Association saying they were
outraged9 that the ship had been disturbed.
The Chinese community said they wished the shipwreck had been left untouched and treated as a
graveyard10.
Kirsten Wong from the association said there was "genuine dismay felt across the NZ Chinese early settler community for the lack of respect being shown towards their ancestral
remains11 and the disregard for the communities - Chinese and Maori - whose story it is".
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