

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 9, 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 25, 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 11, 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 28, 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 14, 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 7, 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
Apr 30, 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 16, 2021


169: Melanesian musings
For the uneducated in ocean going travel and looking at the fact that Melanesia is closer to NZ than Polynesia, you'd be right to at...
IJ
Apr 2, 2021