
IJ
Dec 22, 2023
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...


MD
Dec 8, 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...

IJ
Nov 24, 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 10, 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...

BM
Oct 20, 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...

IJ
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...


MD
Oct 6, 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...


IJ & MD
Sep 29, 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
Sep 22, 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 8, 2023
Sidestep: Grand Canyon Giants
Grand Canyon Giants? Sorry for the bait but there are none, but many refer to this story as if there were, which is just as...