IJ
May 10, 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
Apr 19, 2024
Sidestep: THE MOA IN MAORI TRADITION.
You have to love the old language descriptions... From the papers of the late MR. JOHN WHITE, author of The Ancient History of the Maori....
MD & YM
Mar 29, 2024
219: Melanesian Influence
As recent as 1967 there were still articles published about a Melanesian sub-culture present in New Zealand. This is obvious enough if...
IJ
Mar 8, 2024
Sidestep: 5 GENOCIDES
There have been many genocides over the ages, the worst in modern times being that against Jews by Nazi Germany. The holocaust involved...
IJ
Feb 16, 2024
218: Paiwan
https://tangatawhenua16.wixsite.com/the-first-ones-blog/single-post/2017/06/10/polynesias-taiwan-roots Hawaiiki is Taiwan- Maori men and...
YM & MD
Jan 27, 2024
Sidestep: The Roscrea Head
This artefact is a lifesize wooden head, allegedly found near Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. It was on display in the Menil...
IJ
Jan 5, 2024
217: Hawkes Bay Tall Skeletons
Like all old stories from the 1800's, none of these can be proven. (In fact the only proof presented publicly anywhere is our femur...
IJ
Dec 22, 2023
Sidestep: Pacific NW comparisons
Firstly I'm not referring to Maori who came from Polynesia, I am referring to those here before Maori as evidenced by many artifacts. But...
MD
Dec 8, 2023
216: Oldest known (Polynesian) Artefact in NZ
Tairua is home to the oldest known recorded and recognised artefact in NZ - (so far!). This fishing lure shank is made from the shell of...
IJ
Nov 24, 2023
Sidestep - Blood Quantum
It has been said by Rachael Hopkins, an Oklahoma native American now living in NZ, that Blood Quantum is a colonial tool of racial...
