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

Mr. L. J. B. Chapple, of Wanganui, describes as follows an unusual object in stone which recently came into his possession in 1937: A...

On 10th May 2018 we mentioned the Marlborough Sounds unusual artefacts and mentioned some odd shaped stones. This will expand on those...

From the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of NZ - Vol7 1874 An exceedingly interesting relic of the very remote past is...

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...

The Marlborough Sounds, and D’Urville Island in particular, have provided us with some very interesting artefacts that are either from...

References have been made various publications of a ridged patu used by the Maori in prehistoric days. The name they call it was a...

For Māori, Cape Reinga is the most spiritually significant place in New Zealand. very old pohutukawa tree marks this special place. There...

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...

Motutapu (in the Hauraki Gulf of Auckland) is the low undulating island just behind Rangitoto. Although almost devoid of vegetation by...