In my view, C Humphreys (The Weekend Sun, January 18) needs to update her information about Maori being indigenous. C Humphreys belittles Maori by referring to them as 'so-called indigenous people”.
It is now eight years since scientists published conclusive radiocarbon evidence that Maori were the first settlers to arrive in New Zealand (about 1250AD), and that there were no residents in New Zealand before Maori arrived.
This evidence was compiled by a team of scientists from New Zealand, California, Hawaii, and Australia, led by New Zealand scientist Janet Wilmshurst. Their research paper (High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid colonisation of East Polynesia) was published in 2011 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the official science adviser to the United States government. This can be checked on the internet.
Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. There is no so-called about this. With Waitangi Day approaching, I would appreciate C Humphreys writing another letter confirming that there is no mistake in my information, and that Maori are without question the indigenous people of New Zealand.
P Dey, Welcome Bay.
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wrong
Posted on 25-01-2019 09:05 | By Mein Fuhrer
There were many cultures here over the thousands of years pre dating the Maori, plenty of evidence if you dig deeper and break down the Iwi wall protecting the truth from coming out.
Mein Fuhrer radiocarbon evidence outweighs everything else
Posted on 30-01-2019 09:47 | By Peter Dey
In a criminal trial DNA evidence outweighs all other evidence. In the case of ancient history radiocarbon evidence outweighs all other evidence. Before 2011 there was much evidence produced to claim that there were people in New Zealand before Maori. However none of that evidence was conclusive, and all of it has been outweighed by the radiocarbon evidence that shows that Maori were the first settlers.
No evidence of other claims
Posted on 02-02-2019 18:01 | By waxing
Peter - there has never been any claims of people here before the Maori that meet evidential standards. DNA and carbon data do. Anyone who challenges the evidence of them, have to do more than write books or letters. They have to give the proof that turns their claims into evidence. No-one has yet done so.
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