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...

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....

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...

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...

I recently scanned through the archives of an American archaeological site using the word giant. In regard to humans all they said was...

Stories of giants in the old world (pre 1700's) exist everywhere in the world including NZ which is what our purpose is about. But the...

Delays, illness, vehicle problems, changed work schedules, inclement weather and a certain amount of procrastination have prevented much...

Burial for part-Maori these days is the same as most everyone else, cremation or burial in a coffin in a cemetery (Urupa). However, the...

In 2004 a skull found on the banks of the Ruamahunga River in the Wairarapa by Sam Tobin who was walking his dog. It turned out to be a...

The discovery by picnickers in early January 2012 of a 6.08m-long hull section from an obviously ancient and complex composite canoe on...