PRE MAORI SETTLEMENT THEORY
The mainstream view of the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands as representing the end-point of a long chain of island-hopping voyages in the South Pacific. Since the early 1900s…
MORIORI THE FACTS VS MYTH!
The Moriori are the first settlers of the Chatham Islands Rēkohu in Moriori; Wharekauri in Māori). [3] Moriori are Polynesians who came from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 AD, [4][5] which was close to the time of the shift from the archaic to the…
SETTLEMENT OF AOTEAROA
Richard Walter, Hallie Buckley, Chris Jacomb & Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith This paper reintroduces the concept of mass migration into debates concerning the timing and nature of New Zealand’s settlement by Polynesians. Upward revisions of New…
PACIFIC BLONDS & REDHEADS
Great-grandfather Allan Witana has a quiet giggle when people ask where he’s from. The 71-year-old speaks fluent te reo and identifies Maori as his native tongue. The 71-year-old speaks fluent…