History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
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History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
In this “unashamedly homegrown” podcast we tell the story of our islands from the time before people arrived all the way up to the year 2000. Winner of the bronze award for Best Indie Podcast in the NZ Podcast Awards 2021, Silver for Best Educational and Best Indie in 2022 and Silver for Best Histor...
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174 - Breaking the Seal
James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour no longer have a reason to remain in the Society Islands. As such, they need to decide where their voyage wil...
173 - Island Holiday
Cook starts to explore more of the Society Islands, with Tupaia’s direction and knowledge proving invaluable.
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172 - Greener Pastures
Now that the Endeavour no longer has any need to remain in Tahiti, a bunch of people start making decisions about their future, some less well thought...
171 - The Transit of Venus
Cook finally does the thing he came halfway around the world to do: Observe the Transit of Venus.
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My Birb of the Year 2025
It's that time of year again! BOTY is back! As is tradition, I've picked a bird to tell you all about and hopefully pick up your vote. This year we ar...
170 - Will They, Won't They
We return to May 1769 where the quadrant, a vital piece of equipment for observing the Transit of Venus, was stolen and then recovered. In the course...
169 - Twice as Nice
Tupaia is trying to navigate his way through the ever changing and deadly world of Tahitan politics as the two major leaders of the island clash. Can...
168 - Game of Thrones
Tupaia has escaped to Tahiti and soon realises that if he wants to survive he needs to make himself useful. The island is going through a rather chaot...
167 - Tupaia
James Cook has now met Tupaia, high priest of Tahiti and advisor to the chief Purea. He is going to become very important to our story so it is worth...
166 - The Quadrant Catastrophe
Final preparations are underway for the Transit of Venus as the equipment is calibrated only to find shock a vital instrument is missing! Where did it...
165 - Culture Clash
Now that they had made contact, Cook quickly sets to work establishing friendly relations with the Tahitians while also trying to assess who the mover...
164 - Tahiti
The Endeavour crosses the Pacific and arrives at her destination, Tahiti. However, pretty quickly Cook is concerned that his crew will run amok so he...
163 - Crossing the Line
Cook's expedition finally gets underway as they sail across the Atlantic bound for the South Pacific. But not before they get into a spot of bother in...
162 - The Nerds
Just as he was about to head off, James Cook was told that he had to take on a new group of people on his expedition, which caused a number of issues....
161 - Welcome to the Crew
Now that we have looked at the HMB Endeavour, it's worth introducing the colourful cast of characters that will be sailing her. From lofty lieutenants...
160 - Endeavour
We look more closely at the ship that will be taking Cook and his crew into the Pacific for his first voyage, such as how she was acquired by the Roya...
159 - Scientific Struggles
What was Cook's first voyage actually hoping to achieve? What was the background of the collaboration between the Royal Society and the Admiralty? The...
158 - Humble Beginnings
Here he is, the big one! Today we look at the childhood and early career of possibly the most famous person in New Zealand's history; James Cook.
157 - Around the World in 1769: Sweden and Britain
For the final part of our tour across the globe we head to the chiller parts of Europe to see what was going on for them during this exciting period!<...
156 - Around the World in 1769: Conclave
The pope is dead, time to elect a new pope!
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155 - Around the World in 1769: France and the USA
Today we continue heading further west to hear about two great friends with rather exciting futures ahead of them!
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154 - Around the World in 1769: India and Iran
Today we continue our world tour as we talk about what was going on in India and Iran in the year 1769 with the History of Fresh Produce and the Histo...
153 - Around the World in 1769: China
As we are approaching a rather pivotal point in Aotearoa's history, I thought it might be good to take some time to get some context of what else is g...
152 - Tinirau and the Whale
We haven't had one of these in a while! A Māori story about a man, his whale and the woman who saves the day.
Warning: (spoilers) Involves anima...
151 - Tuna (Eels)
I'm currently in deep in the research of our next major explorer and I need a bit more time to get that all done since it's a big-un! To tide you over...
150 - An Eye for an Eye
Today we see what the French explorers on the St Jean Baptiste got up to in their final days in Aotearoa.
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149 - Tāwhirimātea Strikes Again
Today the atua of wind and storm returns for round 2, attempting to destroy the St Jean Baptiste and cutting of Second Lieutenant Pottier from his com...
148 - Hounds of the Lord
Most of ariki Pawhero's people have left Doubtless Bay for a shark hunt so today we will see how Jean de Surville got on with other rangatira in the a...
147 - The Negotiator
The relationship between Ngāti Kahu of Doubtless Bay and the French of the St Jean Baptiste strains even further as both sides become concerned for th...
Christmas 2024 Update
Just a little update from me on what's been happening behind the scenes and where we are headed going forward!
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146 - Knock Knock, It’s Europe 2: Electric Boogaloo
Captain de Surville has now made contact with Māori in Aotearoa and now needs to keep friendly relations with them if he intends to secure the supplie...
145 - Salvation
The St Jean Baptiste has finally found land after two desperate months of low supplies, scurvy and dying men. Today we will see how de Surville and hi...
144 - Revelations
Captain de Surville has devised a plan to sail to New Zealand, last found by Tasman 127 years ago, to save his dying crew. However, for the first time...
143 - Reaper's Due
The crew of the St Jean Baptiste are now dying of scurvy. They desperately need to find somewhere safe to anchor, rest and gather supplies. The situat...
142 - Guns, Germs and Spears
The St Jean Baptiste find a much needed island to resupply. However, not all is as it seems and by the end, the crew will find themselves in a worse p...
141 - The Beast Within
Last episode we finished just after three men deserted the ship on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, just kinda making a run for it into the jun...
140 - Malaysian Adventures
The St Jean Baptiste continues on her journey from India around the Malay Peninsula where her crew faces a few trials and tribulations!
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Birb of the Year 2024
As we head towards the end of the year, it is time for the Bird of the Year competition run by Forest & Bird! As usual I have picked a bird to do some...
139 - Starting as They Mean to Go On
The 1769 expedition of the St Jean Baptiste gets underway! We talk about all the problems that came up pretty much immediately as they sailed down the...
138 - Merchant, Sailor, Soldier, Captain
Today we cover the early life of the next European captain who would come to Aotearoa's shores, Jean Francois Marie de Surville. We also talk about ho...