IJ
Feb 14, 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 9, 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 4, 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...
MD
Jan 30, 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...
IJ
Jan 24, 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. ...
MD
Jan 18, 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...
IJ
Jan 12, 2017
82: The Nevis Artefact
Not too far away from Middlemarch, as shown in the post of 5th January, is a remote little valley called The Nevis. At that location some...
IJ
Jan 4, 2017
Sidestep: Middlemarch
In 1951 two separate discoveries of Maori material, a pair of wooden bowls and a bundle of dog skins, were made on the property of Mrs....
MD
Dec 29, 2016
81: Entry Progresses
On May 5th 2016 we reported we had started to dig and were able to see the end of Kūwaha Tāwhetaana with a camera on gopher rods. (The...
MD
Dec 24, 2016
Sidestep: Strange markings
The items pictured below is made of serpentine and was found on Fisherman's Island in Tasman Bay. It belongs to the group of pendants...