Note: this topic was posted 4/11/2006.I haven't redone the ping message in a long time, and it has always been a little undervisited.
There are a number of indications that something went on in New Zealand prior to the arrival of the polynesians, which are reminiscent of what one sees on the South American continent. Evidence of agricultural terraces, canals, vast irrigation areas and massive stone walls...and raised areas which have the appearance of forts...