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226: The Lost Tomb of King Kamehameha
King Kamehameha 1 was a chief who took control of all the islands of Hawaii by conquest. Let's make this clear, the unification of Hawaii...
IJ
Dec 13, 2024
225: Waitaha?
This was found in Southland. Maori? Not at all. Waitaha? Well, they attribute it to that. No spirals, just concentric circles Maori do...
IJ
Nov 15, 2024
224: Questions...
No one was here when Maori arrived around 1280 (well some say around 1280), others say more progressively. Where did they come from? They...
YM & MD
Oct 18, 2024
Sidestep: Legendary Footprints on the Pouto Stream
No, this is not on the Pouto Peninsula, but the Pouto Stream at Lake Rotoaira below Lake Taupo. This story centred around the Tongariro...
IJ
Sep 20, 2024
223 : Questions about Rapanui
So if the people who built the Moai migrated across the Pacific from Tahiti and the Marquesas and considering the distances involved and...
IJ
Aug 23, 2024
Sidestep: PREHISTORIC RAPANUI
A BIOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE PREHISTORIC RAPANUI PATRICK M. CHAPMAN University of Otago There is a wide range of speculation on alternative...
MD
Aug 2, 2024
222 : Origins of the Rei Puta
Most Rei Puta were found in Northland. They say the Rei Puta was an early design and developed in Polynesia. But where in Polynesia? I...
IJ
Jul 12, 2024
Sidestep: How quickly was East Polynesia colonised?
The 15 archipelagos of East Polynesia, including New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui, were the last habitable places on earth colonized by...
IJ
Jun 21, 2024
221: An Explanation of The Treaty by a Maori
THE TREATY OF WAITANGI AN EXPLANATION by The Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata M.A., LL.B., Lit.D. Published for the Maori Purposes Fund Board First...
MD
May 31, 2024
Political: Is this just Corporate welfare?
WARNING: This article might offend some readers. Tough! Some things beed to be said, just like they are in marae when speakers challenge...