

IJ
Jun 2, 2016
Sidestep: Spirals
I like seeing the item that sits in the Auckland Museum. It is one of a kind and labelled as a Maori marker stone. It is definitely a...


IJ
May 31, 2016
55: The Mapuchi Toki's
While waiting for more favorable weather to finish the final push into the cave, and now my work life has settled down a bit, I'm back...


IJ
May 23, 2016
54: Rain check
Are you kidding me! This is no weather to be out in the hills digging out a cave! So...were not!


MD
May 20, 2016
Sidestep - Pakeha (what does it mean)
Firstly we should make it clear that the names meaning is not exactly known. Many would say different things but there does seem to be a...


IJ
May 18, 2016
53: Something out of place
Not far from Matria Rd is a site that has basalt columns that not only look out of place - they ARE out of place. That is a key to most...


MD
May 17, 2016
Sidestep: The question of Maori descent
This is a revisit of the post of 27th February and asks a controversial question. Can you really call yourself Maori if you have anything...


IJ
May 14, 2016
52: The real 'dirt' on TangataWhenua16
Yes, we said we'd be in by now. Yes, it's taking longer than expected...and yes, that's life sometimes. If you had to do by hand what we...


IJ
May 10, 2016
Sidestep: Mangareva Island style
Back on 29th February I posted about an artefact from Dunedin called the Okia Artefact. Here is the link for the post from that date....


IJ
May 9, 2016
51: Some other notes...(Revisited)
We may go quiet for a week or so on articles so I'm going to repeat some old ones that many may not have seen. Time won't permit me the...


MD
May 7, 2016
Sidestep: The Redheads
Rather than focus on redheaded Maori descendants living now, I've gone back to the 1800's where collections of heads, many 200 years old...