IJ and MD
Apr 29, 2022
Sidestep: Hawaiian style in Taranaki
Facial similarities Hawaiian carrying-stick (auamo), heavy red-brown wood, highly finished and polished, round in section, slightly...
MD
Apr 15, 2022
184: Maori Mummies?
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...
IJ
Apr 1, 2022
Sidestep: The Kumara
The Polynesian Kumara we know came from South America. It even has its name because of the Quechuan name 'kumara'. 1. Taroamahoe. Oldest...
IJ
Mar 18, 2022
183: The Pit Dwellers of the Pelorus
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,...
IJ
Mar 4, 2022
R.I.P - Maurice Tyson
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...
IJ
Feb 18, 2022
182: The Tamil Bell (2)- a different angle
The appearance in the roots of a coastal tree, of a bell with Tamil lettering, is no direct indication at all that Tamilians went...
IJ
Feb 4, 2022
Sidestep: More evidence of South American contact?
Academics do not believe that anyone from South or North American continents travelled into the Pacific. That may indeed be true of the...
YM
Jan 21, 2022
181: Fijian Migrations
At some stage, about 2000 years before the birth of Christ, a canoe load of adventurous “Lapita” sailors either deliberately set out to...
IJ
Jan 7, 2022
Sidestep: Fijian Migrations (a pattern of those to Aotearoa)
At some stage, about 4000 years ago, a canoe load of adventurous “Lapita” sailors either deliberately set out to the east or were driven...
IJ
Dec 24, 2021
180: The Kawerau
Merry Christmas I was thinking about the perforated tooth I found in the far north many years ago, associated with a burial that was...
