

Sidestep: Did Polynesia & Peru have Oceanic contact?
With the discovery likely to reveal some interesting information previously hidden, found and then rapidly covered up and all trace of...
MD
Sep 1, 2018


112: Dig Update
We continue to do what needs to be done and this time, with some extra help, we were able to push very deep into the tube. It now winds...
IJ
Aug 25, 2018


Historical: Parihaka
The worst action ever taken against Maori is undoubtedly the action taken against the settlement of Parihaka in Taranaki. More so because...
IJ
Aug 18, 2018


111: Were the early MoriOri of Melanesian origin?
We have suggested before that MoriOri, the pure MoriOri of which none are left, were strong in Melanesian roots. Some reports say this is...
MD & IJ
Aug 11, 2018


Historical: The Musket Wars (Maori vs Maori)
Before the wars with Europeans over grievances regarding confiscated land, there was a much larger and longer running war involving...
IJ
Aug 4, 2018


110: Kaiatia's early inhabitants were likely Melanesian
Kaiatia carving styles around the pacific. If you consider the end figures or manaia might represent some long forgotten image of a...
MD
Jul 28, 2018


Historical: The Maori Wars (Maori vs Pakeha)
This, and the following article on 21st July, have nothing to do with our purpose of finding the rumoured tall skeletons lying in a cave...
MD
Jul 21, 2018


109: Dig Update
These updates are not necessarily published on or near the dates the digs occurred, but yes, they continue slowly. Kūwaha Tāwhetaana is a...
IJ
Jul 14, 2018


Historical: The Boyd Massacre
Read this link first: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/96913242/an-early-massacre-seen-from-two-different-perspectives...
MD
Jul 7, 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 curiosities and unexplained objects that didn't fit the Polynesian mould, but shown in museums (in some cases) regardless of the ambiguity. Some are no longer displayed. In 2016 we said we would produce articles showing more unusual items. We have. But this one artifact that only we have revealed so far, remains an enigma to us all. The O
IJ
Jun 30, 2018









































