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History of Aotearoa New Zealand

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 History in 2023 and 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

98 - Tāwhaki the Bold

15 mins; October 07, 2022

97 - The West Coast Beer Boycott

23 mins; September 23, 2022

96 - The Six O'Clock Swill

31 mins; September 09, 2022

95 - Temperance and Prohibition

25 mins; August 26, 2022

94 - Speight's: Good On Ya Mate

44 mins; August 05, 2022

93 – Speight’s: Rivals

47 mins; July 29, 2022

92 - Speight's: The Scientific Revolution

48 mins; July 22, 2022

91 – Speight’s: The Dark Times

48 mins; July 15, 2022

90 - Speight's: Like a Zip

48 mins; July 01, 2022

89 - Speight's: Rise of Prohibition

43 mins; June 24, 2022

88 - Speight's: Three Men Walk into a Bar

48 mins; June 17, 2022

87 - Speight's: Birth of Dunedin

19 mins; June 10, 2022

86 - Speight's: Prologue

35 mins; June 03, 2022

85 - Hinemoa and Tutanekai

17 mins; May 21, 2022

84 - Kia Mau

42 mins; May 08, 2022

83 - Ka Rite

20 mins; April 22, 2022

82 - Taringa Whakarongo

23 mins; April 09, 2022

81 - Games for Kids

17 mins; March 26, 2022

80 - Board Games

18 mins; March 12, 2022

79 - Scarfie Flats with Sarah Gallagher

78 hours 52 mins; February 25, 2022

78 - Big Brain Time

19 mins; February 12, 2022

77 - Working Up a Sweat

26 mins; January 29, 2022

76 - Ball and Water Sports

28 mins; January 16, 2022

75 - Go Sports Team Go!

25 mins; January 02, 2022

74 - NZ's First Cheese Factory

8 mins; November 19, 2021

73 - The Steepest Street in the World

10 mins; November 05, 2021

72 - My Birb? of the Year 2021 with Ben Paris, the NZ Batman

40 mins; October 22, 2021

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1 min; October 15, 2021

71 - Rupe, the Kind Brother

11 mins; October 09, 2021

70 - Food, Glorious Food

18 mins; September 25, 2021

69 - Nice

20 mins; September 11, 2021

68 - Feast for the Mouth

19 mins; August 30, 2021

67 - We Hongry

17 mins; July 31, 2021

66 - Stories of Fish

19 mins; July 18, 2021

65 - It’s the Last Fishing One, I Promise

22 mins; July 03, 2021

64 - Oh Yea, We Still Talking About Nets!

23 mins; June 19, 2021

63 - Casting a Wide Net

23 mins; June 07, 2021

62 - Plenty of Fish in the Sea

21 mins; May 08, 2021

61 - We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Waka

27 mins; April 25, 2021

60 - Captain Hook

23 mins; April 10, 2021

59 - Fish and Chips, Yeah!

21 mins; March 27, 2021

58 - The Biscuit Tin and Members Bills with David Wilson

32 mins; March 12, 2021

57 - Hatupatu Part Rua

11 mins; February 14, 2021

56 - Hatupatu

18 mins; January 30, 2021

55 - Stories That Made Us

32 mins; January 15, 2021

54 - Stories of Plants

15 mins; December 19, 2020

53 - Potatoes and Wheat

32 mins; December 03, 2020

52 - Foraging

23 mins; November 21, 2020

51 - My Birb of the Year 2020

59 mins; November 06, 2020

50 - Kūmara Comes from the Freezer!

22 mins; October 23, 2020

49 - Dank Weeds

21 mins; October 10, 2020

48 - How to Plant a Garden

26 mins; September 26, 2020

47 - Colder, Colder...

22 mins; September 12, 2020

46 - Mataora and Niwareka

16 mins; August 28, 2020

45 - Repatriation with Te Herekiekie Herewini

36 mins; August 14, 2020

44 - Māori Music with James Holt: Part Rua

67 hours 19 mins; July 31, 2020

43 - Māori Music with James Holt: Part Tahi

64 hours 5 mins; July 25, 2020

42 - For Today

27 mins; July 11, 2020

HANZ Trailer

4 mins; July 01, 2020

41 - Why Does Love do This to Me?

23 mins; June 27, 2020

He Tāngata, He Tāngata, He Tāngata

10 mins; June 11, 2020

40 - Let Me See Your Hips SWING

25 mins; May 29, 2020

39 - Slice of Heaven

21 mins; May 15, 2020

38 - Burn Baby Burn

23 mins; April 30, 2020

37 - Burning a Hole in my Wallet

24 mins; April 17, 2020

36 - I Have a Burning Feeling

24 mins; April 04, 2020

35 - Ponga and Puhihuia

16 mins; March 21, 2020

34 - Preserving the Past

34 mins; March 07, 2020

33 - Meaning Behind the Moko

21 mins; February 22, 2020

32 - Pākehā and Moko

23 mins; February 08, 2020

31 - Artist and Canvas

25 mins; January 25, 2020

30 - The Māori Quill

26 mins; January 11, 2020

29 - AMAA 2019

110 hours 23 mins; December 28, 2019

Barnet Burns on Pax Britannica

3 mins; December 21, 2019

28 - Māui's End

11 mins; November 30, 2019

27 - Māui and the Fishes

13 mins; November 16, 2019

26 - My Birb of the Year

56 mins; November 02, 2019

25 - Industry of Flax

21 mins; October 19, 2019

24 - Bob Part 2: The Machine

76 hours 34 mins; October 12, 2019

23 - Does This Kakahu Make My Butt Look Big?

22 mins; October 05, 2019

22 - Bob Part 1: The Man, The Myth, The Legend

89 hours 6 mins; September 21, 2019

21 - Flax for Dummies

23 mins; September 07, 2019

20 - Maui and the Sun (plus how he brought fire to the world!)

17 mins; August 24, 2019

19 - A Carver and His Carvings

27 mins; August 11, 2019

A Cautiously Optimistic Update!

4 mins; August 07, 2019

18 - Bringing Art to the Surface

27 mins; July 28, 2019

17 – I Need to Adze You a Question

20 mins; July 14, 2019

16 – AND MY ADZE!!!

22 mins; June 29, 2019

15 – Matariki

12 mins; June 22, 2019

14 – Birth of a Legend

16 mins; June 09, 2019

13 – Powhiri

23 mins; May 26, 2019

12 – Ladies

20 mins; May 12, 2019

11 – A Map, a Whare and a Marae

26 mins; April 28, 2019

10 – Social Structure

25 mins; April 13, 2019

9 – Becoming Maori

21 mins; March 16, 2019

8 – In the Beginning

19 mins; March 09, 2019

7 – Tuatara

56 mins; March 05, 2019

6 – I’m here to hunt moa and chew kauru, and I’m all out of moa…

19 mins; February 15, 2019

5 – The Great Migration

23 mins; February 02, 2019

4 – Whakapapa and Oral Tradition

17 mins; January 20, 2019

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