

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
Dec 14, 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...
IJ
Nov 16, 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...
YM & MD
Oct 19, 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
Sep 21, 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...
IJ
Aug 24, 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...
MD
Aug 3, 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
Jul 13, 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...
IJ
Jun 22, 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...
MD
Jun 1, 2024


220: The Ngati Mamoe short-Patu
Before we get to this unusual item, lets check on the origins of the Kati Mamoe. The last of them existed in Murihiku where some odd patu...
IJ
May 11, 2024









































