Not so much a post as a link; Jake Pollock has written a rather nice little piece on Ross Wiseman’s “New Zealand’s Hidden Past.” This saves me the bother (for the time being); I have a copy of the book, with its bizarre endorsement by Sir Edmund Hillary, and have always meant to write something [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Alternative New Zealand Histories'
When History Goes Bad!
January 1st, 2010 1 Comment
Due to the whole ‘9/11 comes to New Zealand’ thing and then the trip down to Palmy North to deliver my paper, I never did get around to posting on the most recent Franklin E-local debacle1. Yes, verily, it has come to pass that Mykeljon has once again started publishing articles suggesting that not only [...]
Tags: Alternative New Zealand Histories · Celtic New Zealand · Noel Hilliam
More Celtic Nonsense
June 13th, 2009 3 Comments
I’m in the midst of marking essays so I don’t really have the time to devote much more than expressions of exasperation in regard to this puff piece on Doutré and the boulders.
Gah.
Tags: Alternative New Zealand Histories · Celtic New Zealand · Martin Doutré
Balls
May 26th, 2009 No Comments
I was going to entitle this mini-post ‘More Celtic Nonsense’ but it’s really more 1421/Menzies nonsense. Scott has just given us the heads-up of more 1421-related wackness here.
Tags: 1421 · Alternative New Zealand Histories · Gavin Menzies
The Letters
May 19th, 2009 1 Comment
Due to popular demand, here are the three letters sent to the Herald (mine included) dealing with the publication of the puff piece on the Celtic New Zealand Thesis.
New Zealand Herald, Thursday, May 7th, 2009
New Zealand Herald, Friday, May 8th, 2009
New Zealand Herald, Thursday May 14th, 2009
Tags: Alternative New Zealand Histories · Celtic New Zealand · Martin Doutré
