DNA Evidence of Maori Peoples of New Zealand
1. Principal DNA Report relied upon
(a) Title: Using Genes to Reconstruct Human History in Polynesia (please refer to Bibliography)
(b) Author: Dr Geoffrey Chambers and colleagues.
2. Précis of the Report’s findings
(As reported by David Knight 07.04.03). Mt DNA shows female line is almost entirely Asian whilst Y chromosome DNA shows males came from Papua New Guinea.
3. Corroboration or supporting DNA Reports
(i) New Zealand South Island was a Chinese settlement from the Han dynasty (220 B.C. – 212 A.D.) for 2000 years before Captain Cook arrived
4. Corroboration or supporting reports into ailments or diseases which suggest Chinese arrived by sea – as set out in this Synopsis.
5. Did the first Europeans to reach the area in which the Maori people live find Chinese already there?
Records say that the Maoris had met earlier seafarers in New Zealand.
6. Other evidence showing links with China
(a) Principal
Plants and animals which are foreign to New Zealand yet were already there when the first Europeans arrived.
(b) Secondary links with China
(i) The Ruapuke wreck and associated Chinese artefacts
(ii) Campbell and Auckland Islands are shown on the Jean Rotz chart two centuries before Cook arrived.
7. Evidence in Synopsis of Evidence on website www.gavinmenzies.net.
Paras , 3, 4, 8-12, 15, 16, 18, 20.
8. Reference in 1421 The Year China Discovered America
View map – The Jean Rotz map
