The Citizen's Handbook
Want to become a better New Zealand citizen? Just pick up this hilarious guide to New Zealand's civics and history.
Episodes
New Zealand civics is filled with the weird and wonderful, which leads us to the Citizen's Handbook podcast, a show which finds Robbie Nicol competing against a comedian in explaining New Zealand Civics, told in fact and fiction.
Series Classification: PG (Parental Guidance)
The Citizen's Handbook is a ten-part video and podcast comedy series and civics class for all New Zealanders, created by the awa...
It's The Citizen's Handbook! A game show where comedians try to separate fact from fiction. Episode one kicks off with Robbie Nicol trying to trick comedian Jamaine Ross about He Whakaputanga, and sees Jamaine lying to Robbie about the legendary trickster Māui.
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The Citizen's Handbook begins where all good series start: the beginning! This episode tackles the settlement of Aotearoa, sta...
True or false? The man who colonised New Zealand kidnapped a 15-year-old girl, and plotted colonisation while in prison. Find out when Pax Assadi and Robbie Nicol examine Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the battle at Wairau Valley.
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In this episode, Robbie explores the colonisation of New Zealand. In the 1700s, Captain Cook came to New Zealand on a 'scientific' expedition. When Cook&#x...
How did the New Zealand Government come to be? Robbie talks us through how the 1852 New Zealand constitution gave settlers the right to create laws to do... well, pretty much whatever they wanted. Comedian Laura Daniel flexes all her skills as she talks about Māori Parliament, while Robbie lies about New Zealand provinces.
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How did the New Zealand Government come to be? Robbie talks us throu...
How do you get five million people in New Zealand to cooperate? Robbie delves into the basic rules and conventions of how a government works, and explains the three branches of government with comedian Donna Brookbanks.
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Robbie asks a big question: how do you get five million people in New Zealand to cooperate? The answer is: you form a government. In this episode, we delve into the basic ru...
How do you get parliament to do what you want it to? Before a law is a law, it's a bill; and before a bill is passed, it goes through a select committee. Comedian Chris Parker tries to sneak a few past Robbie Nicol, while Robbie lies to Chris about the governors-general.
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Now that we know how the government works, Robbie tackles the next big questions: how do you get parliament to do what yo...
Robbie informs us of the generations of New Zealand police. From the Armed Constabulary in the 1800s to the New Zealand Police Force of today. Comedian Brynley Stent lies about the police and protests, while Robbie explains your rights.
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We begin in the 1800s, when British settlers thought their colonising army was too expensive, so they replaced them with the armed constabulary, which was c...
Not only is Alice Snedden a comedian, but she also has a law degree! This episode finds Alice showcasing her skills while Robbie tries to lie about capital punishment in New Zealand. Alice talks about New Zealand's first woman lawyer, Ethel Rebecca Benjamin.
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We start this episode at a time before the Brits arrived, and see what conflict resolution looked like and how the community was invol...
Robbie looks at the "special token" system that was introduced - replacing the traditional Māori trade system - and what the rules are and how the government of New Zealand is involved. He goes head-to-head with comedian Eli Mathewson, talking about Sir Roger Douglas and Dame Marilyn Waring.
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Before money was introduced to Aotearoa, everyone worked in their hapū to grow, work, and trade for ...
TPPA... CPTP... What does it all mean? Tom Sainsbury explains while Robbie lies about the GDP. We look into how a recession and hyperinflation is avoided, and what this means for us.
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What do we need to know about the New Zealand economy? Robbie delves into the government's role in the economy, and how it's regulated. We look into how a recession and hyperinflation is avoided, and...
The final episode of the series sees Robbie lying about Nuclear Free New Zealand, while James Roque discusses the Mau movement in Samoa.
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In the final episode of The Citizen's Handbook, Robbie explores how New Zealand used to interact with the rest of the world, and how it does now. The United Kingdom used to run our international relations, which made no sense, so in 1943, the Departme...
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