

Sidestep: Why burial boxes...?
Archaic burial boxes of this country seem to come in some odd shapes.Of course the more recent ones are classic Maori design such as...
IJ
Mar 6, 2017


Sidestep: Moriori Dagger (One of a kind in NZ)
The top left picture reveals a dagger of the Moriori from the Chatham Islands. It is a bone dagger and is unique within NZ. Maori did not...
IJ
Mar 1, 2017


86: Dig Update
The dig still continues, and with the latest date comprising of enlargement of the tube to allow one to turn around and with two of these...
IJ
Feb 25, 2017


Sidestep: Te Uenuku (Pt2)
We have mentioned this item before back on 3rd February 2016. Here is the link – http://tangatawhenua16.wixsite.com/the-first-ones-blog/s...
IJ
Feb 19, 2017


85: Spiral petroglyphs of Polynesia
I wanted to revisit the issue of carved rock spirals. Not so much how they got here, but how they didn't get here. We do that by...
IJ
Feb 14, 2017


Sidestep: Were bows ever used in NZ?
When one asks this question, the answer is an emphatic 'no'. That is because Europeans never saw Maori using them, there has never been...
IJ
Feb 9, 2017


84: The Awanui 'slab'
We have been going through some old newspaper clippings from last century and beyond and posting them up on the Facebook page. Below is...
IJ
Feb 4, 2017


Sidestep: Orongotea revisited
This article from 1st March 2016 needs a revisit. Maybe with more comments in the Facebook post, we can learn more about it for it...
MD
Jan 30, 2017


83: From old newspaper reports
Twelve notes concerning a possible Pre-Maori race gleaned from old newspapers in a time when such finds actually got printed.... 1. ...
IJ
Jan 24, 2017


Editorial #4: Archaeology and Sovereignty
Some maintain there are certain archaeological discoveries that are hushed up in NZ - because what is found is not Maori and reveals a...
MD
Jan 18, 2017