History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast

As we head towards the end of the year, it is time for the Bird of the Year competition run by Forest & Bird! As usual I have picked a bird to do some research on and tell you all about. This year it is the koekoeā/Long Tailed Cuckoo.

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The 1769 expedition of the St Jean Baptiste gets underway! We talk about all the problems that came up pretty much immediately as they sailed down the eastern coast of India and we discuss how much the voyage cost. Which I know sounds boring but it's actually pretty interesting cause it cost waaaaay too much, but why?

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Today we cover the early life of the next European captain who would come to Aotearoa's shores, Jean Francois Marie de Surville. We also talk about how his ill fated expedition into the Pacific was conceived.

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Europeans don't return to Aotearoa for over 100 years after the expedition of Abel Tasman so today we will be covering the broad strokes of what Europe was up to that would lead them back to exploring the South Pacific.

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Just a short update on what I've been up to behind the scenes, where we are going and a couple of episode recommendations that came out from other podcasts recently that relate to us!

80 Days Episode

Pax Britannica Episode

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Abel Tasman returns to Batavia after a 10 month expedition and his bosses give their final reports. How was Aotearoa's first European visitor to be remembered? Listen to find out!

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Abel Tasman and his crew were successfully scared off by Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri at Mohua/Golden Bay after a brief skirmish. Today we will follow the Dutch as they make their way north along Aotearoa's coast before leaving our shores for the wider Pacific.

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Abel Tasman has arrived in Mohua/Golden bay and the Māori of Taupo Point pā want to get the measure of these newcomers. It's time for the first meeting of Europe and Aotearoa.

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For the last few episodes you would be forgiven for thinking this was the VOC Podcast. It's taken us a bit of time but we finally make it back to the part of the world that we are interested as we continue to follow Abel Tasman's 1642 expedition.

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Abel Tasman finally gets his expedition underway in 1642, heading into the South Pacific in search of gold and glory. We also discuss a bit about our sources too!

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