YM
Oct 2, 2020
Sidestep: Those sprung from the earth
The Aborigine, the Indigenous, those native to... the Maruiwi and the Urukehu, and whatever other name they go by... On 9th September...
IJ
Sep 18, 2020
161: The Eroero (Melanesians?)
A learned kaumatua of the Ngai-Tahu tribe, at Rapaki, Canterbury, provided this traditional information concerning the successive iwi or...
IJ
Sep 4, 2020
Sidestep: A copy of something that never existed?
(This is article #316 since we started in Jan 2016) Many may know of this stone found in Northland. It was said, by some, to be an...
IJ
Aug 21, 2020
160: Skeletal bone colours
Just to explore something new, here are three photos showing bone colour of the femur portion we found that came in with the fill from...
YM
Aug 7, 2020
Sidestep: How much land was sold by Maori
We mentioned a few years back, a case in the South Island where a chief sold a huge parcel of land on the West Coast to Europeans that...
YM & MD
Jul 24, 2020
159: Spirals in the Pacific
Maori spirals had their origin in the Pacific right? Actually, no they didn't. The reason being is that there isn't any. So where did...
IJ
Jul 17, 2020
Sidestep - It's all subjective
I finally got around to listening to some debate about our earlier dig location that resulted from the RNZ article earlier in the year,...
IJ
Jul 10, 2020
158: Is there any evidence for pre-Polynesian inhabitants?
I was researching what the old name for Dunedin was. It turns out it is Ōtepoti. Otepoti is said to mean ‘a corner of the harbour’ - due...
MD & JT
Jul 3, 2020
Sidestep: Pakeha Slaves
There has been a lot in the news about Colonialism and slavery lately. Europe, India, China, Iran, Korea, Arabia, Spain, Germany, Hawaii,...
IJ & YM
Jun 26, 2020
157: The Origin of the Patu?
Where did the Maori patu come from? There was no such club in the Pacific Islands. We have long said the patu was something the...