161 - Welcome to the Crew

161 - Welcome to the Crew

Author: Thomas Rillstone July 5, 2025 Duration: 30:06
History of Aotearoa New Zealand
HistoryEducation

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.


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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Official website RSS
instagramyoutubespotifypatreon
History of Aotearoa New Zealand
Podcast Episodes
108 - Futurama [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:11
Today we will discuss more about the practicalities of religion, specifically karakia, divination, mākutu and magic. It's a lot of fun stuff around the more physical elements of relgion and magic that are sometimes less…
107 - Tapu Tohunga [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:57
We move away from talking darectly about the gods to discuss how tapu was navigated and talk a bit more about the people that helped do the navigating, the tohunga.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!http…
106 - Generous Gods [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:01
We move down the tiers of gods to talk about some of the less powerful but more influential deities in daily life, as well as discussing how these atua were contacted.Side note: I mispronounce Tamaki Makaurau in this epi…
105 - Lord on High [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:24
We have mentioned a couple of times over the last few episodes a Supreme God of the pantheon but haven't gone in depth into who this entity is. We change that this episode as we talk about exactly who this Supreme God is…
104 - War in Heaven [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:25
We follow on from the events of the separation of Rangi and Papa to look at the various godly wars that occurred between the Big Six as well as discussing more about what these multiple heavens are all about!Check out th…
103 - Tāne and the Bois [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:59
In this episode we start our discussion on Māori religion! I realise this may be a slightly contentious subjuct so the first half is giving some disclaimers and historical context and the second half is cracking into Māo…
102 - Tāwhaki the Bold: Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:56
After his adventures in Episode 98, Tāwhaki lives a long and prosperous life but his final journey leads him somewhere he couldn't have expected.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!https://www.patreon.com…
101 - Bulls**t! A Gameshow with Guests: Round 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39:38
I am currently writing the next set of episodes so to tide you over for the next wee while I invited some more guests to come and play a fun little gameshow with me! This time we are celebrating the history podcast commu…
100 - Bulls**t! A Gameshow with Guests [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:22
We made it! Triple digits! To celebrate this amazing occasion I got some of my podcast friends to come on and play a little history themed gameshow with me! Based on the CollegeHumour game Um, Actually? (which I have ren…

«1...678910