
217: Hawkes Bay Tall Skeletons
Like all old stories from the 1800's, none of these can be proven. (In fact the only proof presented publicly anywhere is our femur...
IJ
Jan 5, 2024

Sidestep: Pacific NW comparisons
Firstly I'm not referring to Maori who came from Polynesia, I am referring to those here before Maori as evidenced by many artifacts. But...
IJ
Dec 22, 2023


216: Oldest known (Polynesian) Artefact in NZ
Tairua is home to the oldest known recorded and recognised artefact in NZ - (so far!). This fishing lure shank is made from the shell of...
MD
Dec 8, 2023

Sidestep - Blood Quantum
It has been said by Rachael Hopkins, an Oklahoma native American now living in NZ, that Blood Quantum is a colonial tool of racial...
IJ
Nov 24, 2023


215: The meaning of land to Maori
European interests in land were the purchase of individual blocks which were fragmented by the interests held by successive generations...
IJ
Nov 10, 2023

Political - He Wakaputanga
Today, October 28 2023, is a sort of Independence Day, the 188th anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu...
BM
Oct 20, 2023

214: Eventual evidence of a once disregarded story
A team of researchers with members from Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam found a 6,000-year-old skull and femur bones in a cave in a...
IJ
Oct 20, 2023


Sidestep: Ancient skeleton linked to Polynesia
The Pingpu Peoples are a branch of the Austronesian Linguistic Family spread from the Lanyang Plain, The Northeast Corner, The Northern...
MD
Oct 6, 2023


214: Patagonian 'Giants' - Did they really exist?
If you've come across accounts of the giants of Patagonia you will have seen illustrations showing them exceedingly taller that the...
IJ & MD
Sep 29, 2023


213: Pelorus Giant
At Okoha, Pelorus Sound, NZ, Hamilton Redwood discovered, in October 1931, the skeleton of a 'Maori' measured at 8'. How he found it has...
IJ
Sep 22, 2023