We owe so much of what we know of early Dunedin to just a few artists! Up till 1850, there’s only a …
Mike Pole
Mike Pole
From New Zealand. Traveling the weyward path trying to figure out how the world works. I study fossil plants, past climates, travel, walk, hike, read, take photos, struggle with computer graphics and plant trees.
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The Ghost of a young prostitute Locals know that Room 1 of the old Vulcan Hotel, in the tiny village (permanent population …
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My Submission I thank the Environment Select Committee for the opportunity to make a submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill – at …
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Crimea, Goths and Archaeology The indigenous people of Crimea are generally regarded as the ‘Crimean Tartars’. But Crimea has older identities than …
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A little over 700 years ago, humans finally discovered the last habitable place on Earth, Aotearoa-New Zealand (Wilmshurst et al., 2011; Mulrooney …
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In the mid 7th-century someone wrapped 411 objects in a cloth, and buried them in a pit, near what is now the …
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The Musket Wars? Shortly after Europeans began operating in Aotearoa-New Zealand (c. 1807-1837), a series of conflicts among the indigenous Maori dramatically …