173: Maori and Capt Cook. As it was, not what the woke propagandists insist you believe.
There is some subtle (and a lot that is not so subtle) double-standard of racism going on in NZ. Most of that double-standard racism is...
IJ
Jul 24, 2021
Political : The peaceful land of Aotearoa
Take this post any way you like - it is simply an observation.... There is no doubt that Maori have been treated badly by the British...
YM, MD & IJ
Jul 10, 2021
172: Revealing hidden history is dangerous
If you regard an 8’ human being as a giant (at 2.4 metres, that's ceiling height), then giants do not fit the theory of evolution that...
IJ and MD
Jun 26, 2021
Sidestep: Extermination of the Moa
It can be proven, it seems, that an extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa New Zealand moa are the only late...
IJ
Jun 12, 2021
171: The summer of '42
The date of 1642 is significant in New Zealand's history as it was the year the first any European (that we know of) set eyes on this...
IJ
May 29, 2021
Political - Changing History
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/draft-history-curriculum-misses-600-years-of-aotearoa-new-zealands-past-panel/26NXF6L7FKZPZWNAWXFROXVANI/#...
IJ
May 22, 2021
Sidestep: Traditions and Legends
COLLECTED FROM THE NATIVES OF MURIHIKU. (SOUTHLAND, NEW ZEALAND.) by H. BEATTIE. 1918. AN EARLIER CANOE. After having given the Waitaha...
MD
May 15, 2021
1000 years
Day after day, I feel myself slowing down, what does it mean? The air has changed, it's getting harder to breathe, or so it would seem...
IJ
May 8, 2021
170: Moriori Differences
Yes, we are still on this, and for a good reason. It is easy for an academic to condemn such comparisons from the perspective of 2021...
IJ
May 1, 2021
Sidestep: Cultural? It isn't now
At one time Europeans (and others) kept slaves. It was almost accepted practice then - it isn’t now. At one time Maori kept slaves. It...
YM
Apr 17, 2021
