Some of you may have noted we have queried a few times the results of a supposed study from 2011 of Moriori DNA and artifacts where the...

We seem to go on about life in the Chathams in pre-European times - before the Maori invasion of the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu) and we will...

Considering Maori art (as in surviving wood carving) is almost identical throughout the country, it is obvious that this only occurred...

From the Wairau Bar site, these adzes were found. Duff comments that the adze on the left is too heavy for use. So was it ceremonial or...

Of all the Wahi Tapu in New Zealand, Pouakani (Te Pouakani - the pou of cutting?) above Taupo is special both for the concentration of...

Facial similarities Hawaiian carrying-stick (auamo), heavy red-brown wood, highly finished and polished, round in section, slightly...

In a 1916 issue of the “Polynesian Journal,” there appears a review by Mr. H. D. Skinner of a paper called “A Study of the Migrations of...

The Polynesian Kumara we know came from South America. It even has its name because of the Quechuan name 'kumara'. 1. Taroamahoe. Oldest...

Here is a little more on the pit dwelling of Pelorus (in Marlborough) we alluded to in the last post 28th August 2021. As late as 1860,...

With Maurice Tyson now gone, (he died on 25th September 2021 a few weeks before I could get back to see him) some of the secrets he held...