THE DUTCH IN NEW ZEALAND The first people to come to New Zealand after the Maori, and the first people to put the location of New Zealand on a map, record its existence in writing, and give it its name; are the Dutch. Yet the Dutch never stepped foot on
Anzac Day is one of the most important national occasions for both Australians and New Zealanders. In 2020, for the first time in history, Anzac Day Services across New Zealand have been cancelled due to COVID-19. Even though public Anzac Services are unable to go ahead, it does not
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Richard Dawkins, Greta Thunberg, President Trump, Jacinda Ardern, Martin Luther King, the Beatles. What does the disparate group above have in common? They are Christians, all. Everyone born in the West inherits and in most cases embraces moral and ethical precepts that are unquestionably Christian in origin. They are so
Taiwan has had a challenging history. Having been colonised by the Dutch and Spanish the island nation, located 81 miles off the coast of China, was ruled by the Chinese Fujian province under the Qing dynasty until sovereignty was ceded to Japan in 1895. Following the end of World War
Battles with enemy tribes were conducted at fixed times, under a strict code of warfare, and were melees of stabbing spears and swinging clubs. The object was to kill more of them than they killed of you; and seize the dead bodies of the killed enemy, or the live bodies
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Somehow, sometime and from somewhere, the Maori (who didn’t have their name yet), came to New Zealand. And stayed. If they came from the Cook Islands or the Society Islands, it was a voyage of over 2,000 miles by outrigger canoe and sails in all kinds of weather.
Sometimes, down here in the Southern Pacific, there are times when we collectively get on a bit of a downer. At times like these, it can be helpful to look to some of the great Kiwi’s who have gone before us for wisdom and advice. So please enjoy some
As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world-famous museum or art gallery? Maybe you have already visited this place or maybe it was on your bucket list? Today’s tour is of the
Stephen E. Nash Stephen E. Nash is a historian of science and an archaeologist at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He studies a wide range of subjects, including dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), the history of museums, the archaeology of west-central New Mexico, and Russian gem-carving sculptures
Bruce Moon * We Have Just One True History: Part One * We Have Just one True History: Part Two So there it is, pretty much the whole story, now unrecognizable in the false accounts of women and children being burned alive in the church, too readily believed by our part-Maori
Theory Two is much shorter than Theory One. It says that the Archaic Maori arrived in the year 1,200 A.D., and then just evolved over the next 300 years to become the Classical Maori by the year 1,500 A.D. (sort of like a teenager liking pop
