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PODCAST

History of Aotearoa New Zealand

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 NZ Podcast Awards 2021, Silver for Best Educational and Best Indie in 2022 and Silver for Best History in 2023 and 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:48

164 - Tahiti

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/07/26

The Endeavour crosses the Pacific and arrives at her destination, Tahiti. However, pretty quickly Cook is concerned that his crew will run amok so he puts procedures in place to ensure everything goes smoothly between them and the local Polynesians.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:59

163 - Crossing the Line

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/07/19

Cook's expedition finally gets underway as they sail across the Atlantic bound for the South Pacific. But not before they get into a spot of bother in Rio along the way...Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:18

162 - The Nerds

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/07/12

Just as he was about to head off, James Cook was told that he had to take on a new group of people on his expedition, which caused a number of issues. However, the Royal Society were adament they come along. The leader of these late arrivals was none other than famed botanist Joesph Banks, who will become a key player in our story. Today, we talk about who he was and why he wanted to sail to the South Pacific.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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30:06

161 - Welcome to the Crew

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/07/05

Now that we have looked at the HMB Endeavour, it's worth introducing the colourful cast of characters that will be sailing her. From lofty lieutenants all the way down to salty seamen!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:59

160 - Endeavour

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/06/28

We look more closely at the ship that will be taking Cook and his crew into the Pacific for his first voyage, such as how she was acquired by the Royal Navy, her overall physical characteristics and how she was modified to be fit for this expedition.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:20

159 - Scientific Struggles

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/06/21

What was Cook's first voyage actually hoping to achieve? What was the background of the collaboration between the Royal Society and the Admiralty? The answers to these questions and more in this episode!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:55

158 - Humble Beginnings

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/06/14

Here he is, the big one! Today we look at the childhood and early career of possibly the most famous person in New Zealand's history; James Cook.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:23

157 - Around the World in 1769: Sweden and Britain

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/05/17

For the final part of our tour across the globe we head to the chiller parts of Europe to see what was going on for them during this exciting period!Listen to A Flatpack History of Sweden Podcast here!Listen to Kingdöm here!Listen to Prime Factors here!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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20:36

156 - Around the World in 1769: Conclave

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/04/23

The pope is dead, time to elect a new pope!You can listen to Pontifacts here!You can listen to Popeular History and Cardinal Numbers here!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:32

155 - Around the World in 1769: France and the USA

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/04/19

Today we continue heading further west to hear about two great friends with rather exciting futures ahead of them!Check out the French History Podcast here!Check out We Effed Up here!Check out Imperfect Men here!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:43

154 - Around the World in 1769: India and Iran

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/04/05

Today we continue our world tour as we talk about what was going on in India and Iran in the year 1769 with the History of Fresh Produce and the History of Persia!You can find the History of Fresh Produce here and the History of Persia here! Of course you can also find them wherever you are listening to this episode!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:33

153 - Around the World in 1769: China

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/03/22

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

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18:56

152 - Tinirau and the Whale

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/03/08

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 deathCheck out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:16:39

151 - Tuna (Eels)

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/02/22

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!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:02

150 - An Eye for an Eye

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/02/08

Today we see what the French explorers on the St Jean Baptistegot up to in their final days in Aotearoa.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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35:42

149 - Tāwhirimātea Strikes Again

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/01/25

Today the atua of wind and storm returns for round 2, attempting to destroy the St Jean Baptisteand cutting of Second Lieutenant Pottier from his comrades.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:24

148 - Hounds of the Lord

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/01/11

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 aboutwtf the St Jean Baptiste'schaplin, Father de Villefeix. was doing on this expedition.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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35:58

147 - The Negotiator

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2024/12/28

The relationship between Ngāti Kahu of Doubtless Bay and the French of the St Jean Baptistestrains even further as both sides become concerned for their own wellbeing.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:10

Christmas 2024 Update

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2024/12/20

Just a little update from me on what's been happening behind the scenes and where we are headed going forward! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:57

146 - Knock Knock, It’s Europe 2: Electric Boogaloo

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2024/12/14

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...Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy some merch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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