

Sidestep: The Stone Bowls
In the 1930's on the upper slopes of Mt. Olympus, Marlborough (foreground above) there was found a stone bowl measuring ten inches in...
IJ
Jul 9, 2017


96: The Melanesian link
Who migrated here first? When we ask that we do not refer to the small number of original inhabitants who were by all intents and...
IJ & MD
Jul 3, 2017


Sidestep: Distinguishing Artifacts from Ecofacts
How do we know when a rock is a tool? Here are some common comments and questions relating to debatable artefacts "Those look like...
MD
Jun 25, 2017


95: Evolutionary Giants
Recently we scanned through the archives of an American archaeological site using the word giant. In regard to humans, all they said was...
MD
Jun 18, 2017


Sidestep: Moriori traditions and history
This is a direct copy of an old article. It makes for intriguing reading and touches on two things that we we find most interesting,...
IJ and MD
Jun 11, 2017


94: The ancient inhabitants of Taranaki
All our articles with a few exceptions are written for a purpose, often in an order leading to what must be revealed soon. Often we...
MD
Jun 5, 2017


Sidestep: Ancient names for NZ
The names of all the islands have changed with each immigration and no one really knows the very ancient name for NZ as each people group...
IJ
May 28, 2017


93: Maruiwi - Original Inhabitants of Aotearoa?
Most of this lengthy post (well worth reading in it’s entirety) is taken from an article written in 1915 from open information and poses...
IJ
May 21, 2017


Sidestep: Tongaporutu
Many have seen the photos of this site which has long collapsed as much of this coastline is doing over time. They were in a seacave a...
IJ
May 15, 2017


92: The Stone Bird (Pt3)
We have presented two previous articles on the Korotangi Bird see here - http://tangatawhenua16.wix.com/the-first-ones-blog#!22-The-Stone...
IJ
May 6, 2017