Kiwis build low-tech observatory

In Wairarapa, which is in the middle of the bottom of the North Island, the Kiwis have built Stonehenge.

The site was championed by NZ's Nobel prize-winning chemist Alan MacDiarmid. During the official opening he told the assorted throngs that it was possible to see that the sun rises and sets in different places at different times of the year. So breakthroughs all round there then.

While it was possible to read all about it in a text book, it was meaningless but if you come to the Kiwi Stonehenge you can see how it works, MacDiarmid said.

The Wairarapa Stonehenge was built in 18 months with modern technology. Blue stones were not manhandled all the way from Wales this time. One of the reasons was to cut down development time and the other is that the people dragging the stones would probably have drowned in the Atlantic Ocean.

The stones were officially blessed by a Maori tribe and sanctified with the odd Welsh song.

Alas there was no human or animal sacrifice to open the Kiwi Stonehenge so we are uncertain if it it will work properly.There is a picture here. µ