History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

We continue looking at hooks as well as talking about some of the changes that occured to Māori fishing after European influence

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We talk all about hooks! What they were made of, what they caught and the ingenious way they worked!

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We start our series on fishing! Today it's a bit of a hodge podge of random info such as what species they were fishing and how they triangulated their position!

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We talk about an iconic part of Kiwi history today. The parliamentary biscuit tin! To talk about it, I went and had a chat to David Wilson, the Clerrk of the House of the New Zealand Parliament.

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The thrilling conclusion to Hatupatu's story!

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The first part of a dramatic retelling of the story of Hatupatu and his brothers. A story of betrayal and overcoming one's demons…

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This episode we have something special from Stories That Made Us podcast giving us a retelling of the Māori creation story as well as a few other tales from elsewhere in the Pacific!

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A small smattering of various stories all about plants, how they came to be and why they are the way they are!

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For our final episode on Māori horticulture we look at the influence Europeans and their crops had after their arrival. We talk about cash crops, missionaries and all sorts!

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We move away from the garden (sort of) to talk about what Māori were foraging in the bush. With a particular focus on fern root, cabbage tree and karaka.

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Another year, another birb of the year choice! I tell you all about my pick for this year's BOTY award. Mostly just cause I want to talk about NZ conservation on my history podcast :P

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Today we talk about a bit of a random mix of things, from specifc plants to climate change and the linguistics of naming plants and animals!

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Today is all about weeds! What they are, how Europeans and Māori viewed them and even a bit on how Pākehā used them as a justification for colonisation (no, seriously). We also talk a bit about harve…

Today we talk about a few different things around Māori horticulture from how gardens were made up, fertiliser, tools, gods and planting!

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We start our look at Māori horticulture talking about the challenges and ingenuity of Māori upon arriving in Aotearoa. Specifically, the climate in their new home and how that affected the tropical p…

We go back to our tā moko episodes and do a dramatic retelling of the story of Mataroa and Niwareka, the couple that brought moko and tāniko to our world!

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We talk to the head of Te Papa Tongarewa's Repatriation Team all about the repatriation of Māori and Moriori human remains from overseas. We talk about what it involves and why it's important to Aote…

This is the second episode of my interview with James Holt, continuing on our discussion of Māori music including Māori showbands, WW2 songs and kapa haka!

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Our first interview! We chat to James Holt, someone who knows a lot more about Māori music than I do! We discuss modern Māori music from Stan Walker to Herbs to Alien Weaponry, as well as a variety o…

We round out our discussion on the various taonga pūoro as we talk about the nguru, pūkāea and pūtōrino, among a couple of other interesting tidbits!

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