Ancient Celtic New Zealand?

I cannot begin to explain how I found this website http://www.kilts.co.nz/mitancient_2.htm It was one of those things you stumble across on Google when looking for other things. It strikes me as bizarre and extremely confused (amongst other things)

I don't know all that much about NZ. I know that the Maori were living there when the Europeans arrived to take their land from them. I also know that the Maori were not the original inhabitants either. However this website tells me some things I had absolutely no idea about.

Did you know, for example, that some Scots came to NZ in the 12th century? That must have been some storm which blew them off course!

The saga of Taine Ruaridh Mhor is about a family banished from Scotland and forcibly deposited in South Westland during the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland. Two groups, one in the South Island and one in the North Island were isolated from kinfolk for 8 generations before being found again by Viking voyagers in the 13th century. Some young men were taken "home" to Scotland to get wives and returned to NZ. Others stayed in Scotland. A Hamilton family is descended from those that remained in Scotland and eventually made their way back here in the early 1950's.

The site goes into more detail about this story on http://www.kilts.co.nz/MHORRUAIRIDH.HTM

I bet you didn't know that the Haka was performed in Scotland during the Highland Clearances?

Is the Haka really exclusively Maori? Old stories tell of the ancient Briton having had a similar dance. Some sources suggest such dances may have been performed in Scotland during some of the highland clearances. As challenges to the Lairds tacksmen and proctors that were forcing people out of their homes, and in times far earlier.

The Vikings made it there as well, as did the Phoenicians, apparently making it to Australia and building harbours!. There is the obligatory mention of Atlantis, as well. I'm surprised they haven't gone on to pick out a few flying saucer landing sites. I would have thought there would have been a few isolated spots that would be ideal for that.

I accept that there may well be standing stones in NZ. There are stones such as this all over the world, but it doesn't mean that the Celts were responsible for them. This website is written by someone who seems to have an interest in Celtic ancestry (they sell kilts) but I can't see why they think they have to try to place Celts further back in the history of NZ than they really are.

Ancient Celtic New Zealand?

I cannot begin to explain how I found this website http://www.kilts.co.nz/mitancient_2.htm It was one of those things you stumble across on Google when looking for other things. It strikes me as bizarre and extremely confused (amongst other things)

I don't know all that much about NZ. I know that the Maori were living there when the Europeans arrived to take their land from them. I also know that the Maori were not the original inhabitants either. However this website tells me some things I had absolutely no idea about.

Did you know, for example, that some Scots came to NZ in the 12th century? That must have been some storm which blew them off course!

The saga of Taine Ruaridh Mhor is about a family banished from Scotland and forcibly deposited in South Westland during the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland. Two groups, one in the South Island and one in the North Island were isolated from kinfolk for 8 generations before being found again by Viking voyagers in the 13th century. Some young men were taken "home" to Scotland to get wives and returned to NZ. Others stayed in Scotland. A Hamilton family is descended from those that remained in Scotland and eventually made their way back here in the early 1950's.

The site goes into more detail about this story on http://www.kilts.co.nz/MHORRUAIRIDH.HTM

I bet you didn't know that the Haka was performed in Scotland during the Highland Clearances?

Is the Haka really exclusively Maori? Old stories tell of the ancient Briton having had a similar dance. Some sources suggest such dances may have been performed in Scotland during some of the highland clearances. As challenges to the Lairds tacksmen and proctors that were forcing people out of their homes, and in times far earlier.

The Vikings made it there as well, as did the Phoenicians, apparently making it to Australia and building harbours!. There is the obligatory mention of Atlantis, as well. I'm surprised they haven't gone on to pick out a few flying saucer landing sites. I would have thought there would have been a few isolated spots that would be ideal for that.

I accept that there may well be standing stones in NZ. There are stones such as this all over the world, but it doesn't mean that the Celts were responsible for them. This website is written by someone who seems to have an interest in Celtic ancestry (they sell kilts) but I can't see why they think they have to try to place Celts further back in the history of NZ than they really are.