

Sidestep: THE MOA IN MAORI TRADITION.
You have to love the old language descriptions... From the papers of the late MR. JOHN WHITE, author of The Ancient History of the Maori....
IJ
Apr 20, 2024


219: Melanesian Influence
As recent as 1967 there were still articles published about a Melanesian sub-culture present in New Zealand. This is obvious enough if...
MD & YM
Mar 30, 2024


Sidestep: 5 GENOCIDES
There have been many genocides over the ages, the worst in modern times being that against Jews by Nazi Germany. The holocaust involved...
IJ
Mar 9, 2024


218: Paiwan
https://tangatawhenua16.wixsite.com/the-first-ones-blog/single-post/2017/06/10/polynesias-taiwan-roots Hawaiiki is Taiwan- Maori men and...
IJ
Feb 17, 2024


Sidestep: The Roscrea Head
This artefact is a lifesize wooden head, allegedly found near Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. It was on display in the Menil...
YM & MD
Jan 27, 2024


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 6, 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 23, 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 9, 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 25, 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 11, 2023









































