

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...
MD
Dec 15, 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
Nov 30, 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 and MD
Nov 15, 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 & MD
Oct 29, 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...
IJ
Oct 15, 2017


99: Tangata Whenua (Part 1)
The term is regarded as meaning ‘people of the land’ (original inhabitants) according to Maori. These words also mean: Tangata: Human,...
IJ & MD
Sep 29, 2017


Revisited: Understanding Ownership
Being election day and in light of the debate on land compensation and water ownership going on presently, we reproduce an article from...
MD
Sep 23, 2017


Sidestep: The First One
Below is a reproduction of our very first numbered post on this website. Little did we know we would find the location of other sites...
IJ
Sep 15, 2017


98: Ngutu-au - Ancient visitors to Aotearoa
Below is an extract from a tale gained by a George Graham well before 1905 (when the account was first published). The information came...
MD
Aug 29, 2017


Sidestep: A Grim History
Whilst it is well known that some preserved heads were stolen, and many articles appear about the "grim history of NZ’s stolen heads", it...
MD
Aug 12, 2017