We were banned for 30 days on Facebook recently for posting the picture below while discussing genocide, including Maori genocide against...

There are, or were once, some very iconic birds in NZ. The Kiwi, the Moa, the Haast Eagle and this one. This unusual bird is not very...

Below are three unusual items from the Whanganui area. The Kohi Gorge cave carving, the most unusual tribrach, and the unique makaki...

The kotiate was a prized weapon and also favoured by chiefs when speech-making. It is a curiously shaped weapon, and noted for the carved...

'Taketakerau is sacred to the Ūpokorehe hapū of the Whakatōhea iwi (tribe). It grows almost in the centre of Hikutaia Domain, near...

The pink and white terraces near Lake Tarawera were quite famous once. Often regarded as the 8th wonder of the world and they are shown...

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...