

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 10, 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 5, 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 31, 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 25, 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 19, 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 13, 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....
IJ
Jan 5, 2017


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 30, 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...
MD
Dec 24, 2016


80: What does evolution tell us about Giants
I recently scanned through the archives of an American archaeological site using the word giant. In regard to humans all they said was...
IJ
Dec 20, 2016









































