Family memorabilia found on Auckland motorway

A wartime letter of condolence from King George VI was lost on an Auckland motorway earlier this month.

The letter was in a box of photos, records and other family memorabilia found by a maintenance crew on SH16 (westbound) just before Rosebank Road on Sunday February 3.

“The box was found in a live lane so must have dropped from a passing vehicle that had either come from the city centre or through the Waterview Tunnel,” says Auckland Operations Manager Rua Pani.

“It’s a brown box with gold inlay. Fortunately, it didn’t spring open and have the contents blown away by the wind.”

“So far, our efforts to track down the owner of the box have been unsuccessful, but we do want this story to end happily.”

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This box containing photos and family memorabilia, some of it dating back to World War 2, was found on Auckland’s SH16 earlier this month.

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