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Rangitāne had hired specialists to draw up a remediation plan and remove the barrels safely for disposal. “Once you get over the frustration, you just get your head down and do what needs to be done. “We’ve got to survey the land again. uncover the whole site, and remove it barrel by barrel to make sure none of them are breached or were leaking.” They also wanted to establish when the barrels were buried, so they could check records for any other potential contaminants on site. “We narrowed it down to some time between 1945 and 1951. when the council started aerial photographic surveys of the city,” Karaitiana said.