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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

We have delayed release of actual digs and these have already begun and are now able to see the end of Kūwaha Tāwhetaana without the need...

We all know of the birdmen rocks of Rapanui, the carved rocks of Easter Island that have fascinated many for as long as the Moai have....

Around 1992 Maxine Stringer found an unusual carving in the sand hills of Pouto at the Kaipara-Hokianga coast. Noel Hilliam recovered the...