History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

Pretty self explanatory from the title but today we are talking all about board games! Come and have a listen to what Māori were playing in their spare time!

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Today we talk to Sarah Gallagher, a researcher who has spent a good number of years looking into Dunedin student culture, specifically the naming of flats. We talk all about named flats, how they cam…

Today we are moving from games involving the body to ones involving the mind! Some are similar to Western games, such as the string game whai being similar to cats cradle, and others are uniquely Māo…

Today we are once again looking at physical games including some more ball sports but also stilts, sleds and kites!

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Today we are talking more about sweat inducing, physical games that Māori did and still do play! We cover a lot of ground from waka racing to the popular ball game of kī-o-rahi!

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We are back bright an early in 2022 to continue our journey through Aotearoa's history! Today we begin our discussions on pre-European Māori games, starting with games that require running around and…

Today we talk about something we found out on the Otago Peninsula, the place where Aotearoa's first cheese factory was located!

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The first of two special episodes themed around Dunedin! Today, we talk about the steepest street in the world, Baldwin Street! Located in North East Valley of Dunedin, we talk about its origins, the…

It's Bird of the Year time again! This year the pekapeka-tou-roa, New Zealand long tailed bat, was added into the running. So I decided to chat to Aotearoa's bat expert to so he could tell us all abo…

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Today I tell the story Hina-Uri, who you may remember is the woman whose husband was turned into a dog by Māui. We discover what happened to her after her life changed.

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Today it's just a random mix of stuff about how various plants were cooked and eaten, such as pūhā, pikopiko and basket fungus!

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Moving away from cooking slightly, we talk about how birds in pre-European Aotearoa were caught and then how they were preserved via drying, smoking or in their own fat in gourds! We also talk about …

We talk all about how Māori were cooking with some more in depth discussion on hangi, what feasts were for and what they involved and even a few stories from some feasts!

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This episode we start talking about how Pre-European Māori were cooking their food and constructing their meals, with some stuff on feasting as well!

Roroi recipe from Radio New Zealand.

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Today we have a few different stories about fish! Featuring the rangatira of whales, Pelorus Jack and even a war between mussels and cockles!

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We finish up our look into fishing talking about freshwater species such as tuna (eels) and īnanga (whitebait), as well as some stuff about mātauranga Māori and Western science!

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We talk some more about nets! This time it's bag nets and set trap nets as well as some cool info on the extinct upokororo, the NZ grayling!

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We continue discussing nets with scoops nets, focussing mostly on the seven different ways to catch kehe! Along with how to catch kahawai and warehou.

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We discuss all about kupenga, nets! The tapu around their manufacture, what they were made for and a bit on how they worked.

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