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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Celtic New Zealand'
When History Goes Bad!
January 1st, 2010 1 Comment
Tags: Alternative New Zealand Histories · Celtic New Zealand · Noel Hilliam
More sloppy Herald reporting
July 11th, 2009 4 Comments
Thursday saw the publication of an article entitled ‘Secret to long life lies on Easter Island’ which makes the claim that the people who built the moai of Rapa Nui are a long lost people. The article itself is basically a fluff piece about a potential anti-agaptic, but the comments about the people of Rapa [...]
Tags: Celtic New Zealand
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
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
No Retraction, No Surrender
May 14th, 2009 4 Comments
So, the Celtic New Zealand issue rumbles away at the Herald. My letter, a support letter from Paul Moon and yesterday a letter from an archaeologist-cum-astronomer12 debunking Doutré and his ‘archaeological method.’
But no retraction, no (as far as I know) responses from Wayne Thompson and thus no closure. Doutré has had his puff piece and [...]
Tags: Alternative New Zealand Histories · Celtic New Zealand · Martin Doutré
