

Sidestep: Mokomokai
Below is an article I found in nzedge.com. It is about returning preserved heads (mokomokai). Dignity for Relics “For decades, New...
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Jan 31, 2016


16: Who carved these designs?
Did a sub-tribe of Waitaha carve this? Was it the 'stone people' - the Urekehu? Was it yet another ancient, small and unknown tribe here...
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Jan 31, 2016


Sidestep: What can you claim as yours?
I admire Ngai Tahu. They are a tribe who has done extremely well with what they have. They received a settlement of $170 million in 1999...
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Jan 29, 2016


15: Bones hold many secrets...
I found it mind-boggling that you could discover through the chemical signature locked in the bones what a man was eating and drinking....
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Jan 28, 2016


14: If stones could talk
At cave 2 there are possible markers hinting where the entrance is, but as always this needs to be taken with a grain of salt (preferably...
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Jan 27, 2016


Sidestep: Just when you thought...
So while starting this site specifically about revealing the skeletons of the 'tall ones', I keep seeing other things and getting...
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Jan 27, 2016


Sidestep: Unusual Artifacts
These are taken at the Auckland Museum. I would bet there's heaps more stored away as elsewhere in the country. Maori didn't carve rocks...
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Jan 26, 2016


13: Origins
Where did the Tangata Whenua come from, and where did the Maori who came later arrive from. Most say Hawaiki which if you think of the...
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Jan 25, 2016


Sidestep: Rock piles
This is off our task and topic, but we have all seen a lot stated about the remains of beehive houses around NZ. I'm going to offend a...
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Jan 24, 2016


12: Do extraordinary tall people exist?
Legends of giants occur everywhere. But bones are hard to find once people say they discover them. There are lots of old black and white...
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Jan 23, 2016