History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
100 - Bulls**t! A Gameshow with Guests
We made it! Triple digits! To celebrate this amazing occasion I got some of my podcast friends to come on and play a little history themed gameshow with me! Based on the CollegeHumour game Um, Actual…
99 - My Birb of the Year 2022
It's that time of year again! The Forest and Bird competition to see who is Aotearoa's Bird of the Year is back on! Every year I pick a native or endemic bird to talk about to teach you about some of…
98 - Tāwhaki the Bold
We tell the story of Tāwhaki, a fairly famous demi-god like figure in Te Ao Māori. In this episode we have two stories. In the first he gets mugged and then does a Noah in retaliation and in the seco…
97 - The West Coast Beer Boycott
In our final addendum to the Speight's episodes, we talk about the West Coast Beer Boycott which we had to skip over but is actually a really great story pitting the strong unions against an associat…
96 - The Six O'Clock Swill
Today we talk about what has probably had the biggest impact on Aotearoa's drinking culture, the (sometimes) legally enforced six o'clock closing time for pubs that went from 1918-1967. However you m…
95 - Temperance and Prohibition
As a sort of epilogue to our Speight's episodes we are delving into the prohibition movement a little deeper to give you a fuller understanding of who these people were and what was going on!
94 - Speight's: Good On Ya Mate
The final episode on our series on Speight's where we see a manager rise to the challenge presented by the behemouth that is DB.
93 – Speight’s: Rivals
Things once again start looking up for Speight's as they get their flashy new bottling house up and running but perhaps are too focussed looking inward as a rival decides to move in right on their do…
92 - Speight's: The Scientific Revolution
The last couple of decades for Speight's had been rough. War, death and tragedy have been common themes. Now, Speight's looked to the future to try and recover from these devestating setbacks and a l…
91 – Speight’s: The Dark Times
We see Speight's start to go into a major decline as pressures from the war, death of major figures and a fire take their toll on Speight's.
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90 - Speight's: Like a Zip
The story of Speight's continues! The prohibitionists are still at it and their making some pretty good headway, causing the NZ brewing industry to panic, meaning Speight's will need to make a decisi…
89 - Speight's: Rise of Prohibition
We continue our story of Speight's brewery, seeing the rise of the prohibition movement. We talk about who these people were, why they hated alcohol so much and how they went about trying to get it b…
88 - Speight's: Three Men Walk into a Bar
After going some of the background, we are now ready to begin the story of Speight's properly! We will cover the how the founding trio met and some of their early hardships and successes.
87 - Speight's: Birth of Dunedin
We continue with the introduction to our series on Speight's as we focus in on Dunedin specifically, talking about how it was founded, the key influences on the beer industry in the mid-19th century …
86 - Speight's: Prologue
I'm very excited to share with you the first in a series of nine episodes on the history of one of Dunedin's most well known beer brands, Speight's! This episode we will be giving you some background…
85 - Hinemoa and Tutanekai
A dramatic retelling of the Rotorua love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai
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84 - Kia Mau
To end our series on haka we talk all about the most famous haka, Ka mate. Detailing the life of its creator, one of Māoridom's greatest military leaders, Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa.
83 - Ka Rite
Today we continue talking all about haka, what it is, its social importance and that sort of thing!
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82 - Taringa Whakarongo
The first of a three part series talking all about haka! What it is, what it means and hopefully clearing up a few misconceptions along the way!\
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81 - Games for Kids
Today we talk about more simple games that were played by kids, some that even resemble a few that you might recognise! We also discuss some European games that Māori took an interest in.