Spring 2025 Update

Spring 2025 Update

Author: Thomas Rillstone November 29, 2025 Duration: 3:43
History of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Just a quick update on the release schedule over the next few months as well as what you can expect to be coming up in the Patreon feed!


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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

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Podcast Episodes
139 - Starting as They Mean to Go On [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:01
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…
138 - Merchant, Sailor, Soldier, Captain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:09
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.Check out th…
137 - Pacific Enlightening [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:51
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.C…
Mid-Winter Check In [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:44
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 EpisodePax Britannica Episode…
136 - Profitable Lands [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:19
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!Check out the website and shownotes!Becom…
135 - Back Into The Blue [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:21
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 ou…
134 - I am the One Who Knocks [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:58
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.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a…
133 - Knock Knock, It's Europe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:41
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…
132 - Old Land, New Land [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:38
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!Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!Buy so…
131 - Sailing Instructions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:56
Today we discuss the instructions that Abel Tasman was given by the Batavian Council for his 1642 expedition. This included anything from what ships and supplies he would be given right through to how he should interact…

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