IJ
Jun 29, 2018
108: Is this NZ's most important unheralded artefact?
Many of the artefacts and items shown on this website since 2016, were unknown to many NZers before seeing them presented here. They were...
MD
Jun 19, 2018
Sidestep: An unusual stone object
Mr. L. J. B. Chapple, of Wanganui, describes as follows an unusual object in stone which recently came into his possession in 1937: A...
MD
Jun 9, 2018
107: The mysterious relics of Pelorus
On 10th May 2018 we mentioned the Marlborough Sounds unusual artefacts and mentioned some odd shaped stones. This will expand on those...
IJ and MD
May 29, 2018
Sidestep: Stumped for answers
From the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of NZ - Vol7 1874 An exceedingly interesting relic of the very remote past is...
MD
May 19, 2018
106: The Muruwai Boomerang
ON the 29th of November, 1925, Mr. A. W. B. Powell, of Auckland, was searching among the Maori kitchen middens at Muriwai Beach on the...
MD
May 9, 2018
Sidestep: Marlborough's Mysteries
The Marlborough Sounds, and D’Urville Island in particular, have provided us with some very interesting artefacts that are either from...
IJ
Apr 29, 2018
105: An Unusual Patu (Miti)
References have been made various publications of a ridged patu used by the Maori in prehistoric days. The name they call it was a...
IJ
Apr 14, 2018
Sidestep: The Spirit Tree
For Māori, Cape Reinga is the most spiritually significant place in New Zealand. very old pohutukawa tree marks this special place. There...
IJ
Mar 29, 2018
104: Understanding the fakes
Around the world are lots of sites about people finding what they call 'giants'. I'm sure some of them were genuine but is a 7' person...
IJ
Mar 14, 2018
Sidestep: The Sacred Island
Motutapu (in the Hauraki Gulf of Auckland) is the low undulating island just behind Rangitoto. Although almost devoid of vegetation by...