History of Aotearoa New Zealand

By Thomas Rillstone

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 N... more

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The podcast currently has 203 episodes available.

History of Aotearoa New Zealand episodes:

March 22, 2025 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 going in around the world (and also give you something interesting to listen to while I work on the next set of episodes!). So over the next few weeks, we will be having a series of guests telling us all about their area of interest! This week we have Chris from the History of China podcast.

You can find The History of China on their website here! Or listen wherever you are listening to this episode!

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March 08, 2025 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 animal death

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February 22, 2025 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 there is going to be some episodes that are a bit adjacent to what we normally talk about, such as today we will follow the style of our Bird of the Year episodes except this time we will talk about tuna, eels!

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February 08, 2025 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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41min
January 25, 2025 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 comrades.

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36min
January 11, 2025 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 area. We also talk about wtf the St Jean Baptiste's chaplin, Father de Villefeix. was doing on this expedition.

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December 28, 2024 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 their own wellbeing.

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36min
December 20, 2024 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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10min
December 14, 2024 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 supplies he needs to save his men and continue the expedition. However, Māori have their own concerns about these newcomers...

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34min
November 30, 2024 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 his crew got on in the Land of the Long White Cloud.

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How many episodes does History of Aotearoa New Zealand have?

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