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Archaeological Sites

Mangaia Project
Patrick V. Kirch, interdisciplinary survey at this most southerly of the Cook Islands, politically part of New Zealand.

University Programs

Australian National University
Department of Archaeology and Natural Science, conducts research in Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and southeast Asia.

University of Otago
Bachelor's, MA, PhD; prehistory of the southern Wairarapa, obsidian sourcing, moa hunting, and Chinese goldmining in Central Otago.

Current Researchers

Email List of New Zealand Archaeologists and Related Experts
From the New Zealand Archaeological Association.

Terry Hunt
University of Hawai'i, prehistorical research in Hawai'i, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

Colin Merrony
University of Sheffield, a study of prehistoric exploitation of greenstones.

Cultural History

The Cook Islands
A little bit of history from Sverre Stoltenberg-Hansson and the Underground Pacific Island Handbook at the University of Norway.

New Zealand Historical Places Trust
A little bit of information on the many sites in New Zealand, including places sacred to the Maori, New Zealand's indigenous people.

General Information

Portals to the World: New Zealand
Links and resources from the US Library of Congress


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