IJ
Feb 27, 2018
103: Digging out Kūwaha Tāwhetaana
Finally, after all the distractions of last year, the unexpected events including one involving a firearm, but mostly the constant wet...
IJ
Feb 15, 2018
Sidestep: The Tamil Bell revisted
Brief Version: The missionary William Colenso met Maori near Whangarei using this bell about 1836 as a kohua (iron pot) to cook potatoes....
IJ
Jan 29, 2018
102: Burial Styles of the Maori
Burial styles differ in Aotearoa. If you go to Australia the Aborigines have one style because they were isolated and of just one stock...
IJ
Jan 15, 2018
Sidestep: Racial migration to Vanuatu
Study of Lapita skeletons on Vanuatu suggest that the older people were of Asian and Polynesian origin rather than Melanesian. This would...
IJ
Dec 29, 2017
101: Yet another interesting artifact
If you have been following us for a while you will remember some interesting artifacts found in the Nelson and Marlborough areas at the...
MD
Dec 14, 2017
Sidestep: The Slaves of Aotearoa
The United Kingdom, when Aotearoa was first sighted, still allowed slavery. Slavery was a world-wide scourge on mankind. In was Denmark...
IJ
Nov 30, 2017
101: Archaic style 'tiki' (pendant)
First of all, the Polynesian version of what we call tiki are stone statues. Where the notion to carve them as pendants came from, no one...
IJ and MD
Nov 14, 2017
Sidestep: The Kura-nui
It has been a matter of discussion among scientists and others, as to whether the Maori ever knew the Moa (Dinornis) as a living bird. It...
IJ & MD
Oct 28, 2017
100: Tangata Whenua (Part 2)
Unlike European thought (where people own parcels of land), in Māori thinking the land is regarded as a mother to the people. In fact the...
IJ
Oct 15, 2017
Sidestep: The pre-history to the discovery...
Many of you may already know this story but many hundreds more may have only followed stories on Facebook or explored recent articles. As...