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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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28:35

179 - Tōtaranui

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/11/15

As Cook and company begin to make their way down the west coast of the North Island they look for a place to stop and careen the ship. What they find is a place that Cook will return to again and again.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:17

178 - No Retreat (Cause We Done Goofed)

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/11/08

The Endeavour continues exploring the eastern coast of Te Ika a Māui and Cook ends up in a spot of bother...Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:48

177 - The Transit of Mercury

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/11/01

Cook continues to explore Te Ika a Māui, attempting to trade with Māori, getting into arguments with this crew and probably going blind by looking at the sun too much. You know, the usual.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:52

176 - Kidnappers

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/10/25

Everyone is trying to steal everyone else in events now immortilised in the naming of the landscape.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:04

175 - Knock Knock, It's Europe 3. Remember Us?

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/10/18

We left off when Cook opened his sealed orders which instructed him to head south in search of the Great Southern Land, Terra Australis, at the direct contradiction of Tupaia, who wanted to go west. Today the Endeavour heads south in search of the holy grail of European explorers in the Pacific.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!You find the Gisborne Port Authority report mentioned in the episode here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:17

174 - Breaking the Seal

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/10/11

James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour no longer have a reason to remain in the Society Islands. As such, they need to decide where their voyage will take them next. To do this, Cook pulls out his secret, sealed orders from the Admiralty and cracks them open.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:54

173 - Island Holiday

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/10/04

Cook starts to explore more of the Society Islands, with Tupaia’s direction and knowledge proving invaluable.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:13

172 - Greener Pastures

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/09/27

Now that the Endeavour no longer has any need to remain in Tahiti, a bunch of people start making decisions about their future, some less well thought out than others.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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42:59

171 - The Transit of Venus

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/09/20

Cook finally does the thing he came halfway around the world to do: Observe the Transit of Venus.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:26

My Birb of the Year 2025

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/09/13

It's that time of year again! BOTY is back! As is tradition, I've picked a bird to tell you all about and hopefully pick up your vote. This year we are discussing the ngutu pare, the wrybill!birdoftheyear.org.nzCheck out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:04

170 - Will They, Won't They

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/09/06

We return to May 1769 where the quadrant, a vital piece of equipment for observing the Transit of Venus, was stolen and then recovered. In the course of this, Tutaha had been arrested against Cook’s orders, being handled rather roughly and in such a way to cause great insult. Today we see how this affected the pair's relationship.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:07

169 - Twice as Nice

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/08/30

Tupaia is trying to navigate his way through the ever changing and deadly world of Tahitan politics as the two major leaders of the island clash. Can he come out the other side unscathed?Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:50

168 - Game of Thrones

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/08/23

Tupaia has escaped to Tahiti and soon realises that if he wants to survive he needs to make himself useful. The island is going through a rather chaotic time politically and Tupaia is known to be a smooth operator, in more ways than one, so he hitches his wagon to Purea.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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34:33

167 - Tupaia

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/08/16

James Cook has now met Tupaia, high priest of Tahiti and advisor to the chief Purea. He is going to become very important to our story so it is worth going back a few years in the timeline to talk about his early life as well as the culture and history of the Society Islands through his eyes. This will set us up nicely for the next episode where we will explain the backstory of the conflict that the Europeans had found themselves in the middle of!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron

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32:25

166 - The Quadrant Catastrophe

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/08/09

Final preparations are underway for the Transit of Venus as the equipment is calibrated only to find shock a vital instrument is missing! Where did it go?! We also meet the other power player that Tutaha is competing against for control of the island of Tahiti; the supposed queen herself, Purea.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:50

165 - Culture Clash

History of Aotearoa New Zealand ·

2025/08/02

Now that they had made contact, Cook quickly sets to work establishing friendly relations with the Tahitians while also trying to assess who the movers and shakers are in their society.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! 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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