

IJ
Apr 17, 2016
Sidestep: The Waiau Bar
Jim Eyles, whose family lived and farmed on the bar, discovered what has come to be described as the greatest archaeological find in New...


IJ
Apr 16, 2016
45: Kon-Tiki
We all seem to be interested in the origins of the first ones in New Zealand, those that Maori said were here before them (until massive...


MD
Apr 14, 2016
Sidestep: The Lost Tribe
This article is drawn from an old journal from 1935 and written by Hori Makaire. I find it interesting because I have heard this story...


IJ
Apr 13, 2016
44: It all Adze up
Hawaiian lore has long held that ancient voyagers came to Hawaii from what is now French Polynesia and then returned, time and again. In...


MD
Apr 12, 2016
Sidestep: Polynesian Voyagers
This is part of an old and long article by the well known Elsdon Best so I thought I'd copy parts of it that related to reaching NZ.....


IJ
Apr 10, 2016
43: The Polynesian / Haida connection
We have mentioned before that there are similarities between North-West American (Haida) cultures and Pacific cultures that suggest...


IJ
Apr 8, 2016
Sidestep: Prehistoric drains of the Kaipara
PREHISTORIC DRAINS ON THE KAIPARA - BY EDWIN HARDING, OF DARGAVILLE. IN 1878 my people stocked the native grass belt on the West Coast,...


IJ
Apr 6, 2016
42: The Stone Bird (Pt 2)
In our previous article on this artefact we covered the story of the carved bird, how it was found and Tainui's subsequent claim that it...


MD
Apr 5, 2016
Sidestep: Bones for Fertilizer
Lots of stories have surfaced over the years about bones being sent to the fertilizer works in Auckland. Some, such as Scott Hamilton and...


IJ
Apr 3, 2016
41:The Matira Site
Previous posts on 8th, 15th and 28th January covered a little about the Matria site. This is where the incised rocks came from that are...