

MD
Mar 4, 2020
148: Bone of Contention
The recent articles in the media have provided a chance for people to debate what might be or what isn’t. It brought huge attention to...


IJ
Feb 28, 2020
Sidestep: Kaimanawa Wall
I’ve never wanted to do a post on this formation as it just never interested me. That was because it is a natural formation but I know...


YM
Feb 26, 2020
What we are and What we Aren't
We want to make something clear. Most of you already know, but many don't read particularly well or only skim headlines for their fill of...


IJ
Feb 21, 2020
147: An unrecorded Patu
This article is from the notes of G.L Adkin and from an article written in 1957. This Patu's absence from the museum records is the most...

IJ
Feb 14, 2020
Media Addelpates
Many of you will be aware by now, because it's all over the RNZ website, Waikato Times and now also Stuff, that a journalist by the name...


IJ & MD
Feb 7, 2020
146: Dig Update
We are still somewhat surprised that, after revealing we had discovered what appeared to be fossilized human bone (which on time-line...


MD
Feb 1, 2020
Sidestep: Te Korotini
We don't normally do articles on ordinary Maori artifacts but this piece is very unusual, deserves a mention...and because it is lost....


IJ
Jan 24, 2020
145: The Ancient Tribes of Aotearoa
In an article published in 1893 by W.E Gudgeon for the Polynesian Society, he covers information rarely talked about by Maori these days...


MD & YM
Jan 18, 2020
Sidestep: Maramaratotara petroglyph site
This one of a kind site exists in a small grove of trees on Flaxmill Stream on the Coromandel Peninsula. It is more of a recumbent...


IJ
Jan 10, 2020
144: Deep Underground
The finding of Stone Implements Dozens of Feet below the Surface points back Thousands of Years. We have presented artifacts from time to...