

Sidestep: Ngai Tahu's claim to land
"Land is either gifted, bought or taken." Ngai Tahu came from the North Island to the south. They did not just give up their traditional...
MD
Aug 25, 2016


67: Dig update
The weather had created problems for us and apart from aching joints and pulling muscles trying to move around in cramped spaces...the...
IJ
Aug 20, 2016


Sidestep: Fortified Pa
Where did the Maori get the idea of defensive Pa’s. What is obvious is that they were a fighting people, but where did the idea of...
MD
Aug 16, 2016


10,000
Since the website was started in January this year when we decided to publicize what we planned to do, this site has received it's first...
IJ & MD
Aug 12, 2016


66: East - West
Read this article first. http://io9.gizmodo.com/medieval-skeleton-found-dangling-from-the-roots-of-a-fa-1730495084 In Ireland a skeleton...
IJ
Aug 9, 2016


Editorial #1: Self worth of Maori
In all the time that has occurred since I first found the cave entrance and all the things we have learned and discovered about New...
IJ
Aug 5, 2016


65: Adze shapes of the Moriori
Those of the Chatham Islands seems to have a distinctive shape of club more akin to that from Peru. None were made of pounamu (jade) and...
IJ
Jul 31, 2016


Sidestep: The Lapita and the Polynesians...
Pacific Voyages Water crossing by modern humans People living in Near Oceania had highly developed artistic and linguistic abilities, as...
MD
Jul 27, 2016


Sidestep: Incised Rock
I'm often skeptical of people seeing things in every rock that hasn't got a smooth surface. I might need counceling! But in all...
MD
Jul 23, 2016


64: The Wairau Bar Skeletons
The Wairau Bar is a gravel bar formed where the Wairau River meets the sea in Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, north-eastern South Island, New...
IJ
Jul 21, 2016















































