History of Aotearoa New Zealand
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.
Episodes
An introduction to what the podcast is about and who I am!
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We talk about the land before people and the face of New Zealand. We also discuss the weird and wonderful animals that can be found in the bush of Aotearoa!
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We discuss the human element of New Zealand and how they arrived here. Moving from South East Asia into the Pacific, developing technology and culture along the way.
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A dramatic retelling of the famous Maori myth of Kupe fighting the Giant Wheke and discovering Aotearoa in the process!
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Today we talk about whakapapa, geneaology, the oral tradition of Maori and the Great Fleet!
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A dramatic retelling of the Great Fleet/Migration!
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We talk about the Maori colonial period and what they were doing to survive in their new home.
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A talk (rant) about tuatara that was only meant to be 30mins! (woops)
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A dramatic retelling of the Maori creation story and how the Earth and Sky were pushed apart! There is also a war between birds for good measure too!
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This time we are learning about how the East Polynesians that arrived in Aotearoa gradually changed into the Maori we know today.
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We talk about traditional Maori social structure, hierarchy and how everyone fit into society!
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We talk about land borders and how Maori viewed each other, houses, marae and their construction!
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We talk all about pre-European Maori women and what their life was like!
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We talk about the Maori welcoming ceremony, powhiri, as well as some other related stuff!
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A dramatic retelling of the origins of our favourite trickster: Maui!
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A short little episode about the Maori new year: Matariki!
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Links to some of the kites talked about in the episode:
https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/5292/maori-kites
https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/5284/birdman-kite
https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5293/birdman-kite-1890
https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/5294/how-to-make-a-manu-taratahi
★ Support this ...Today we start our next major Maori culture topic, carving. This episode we discuss how to make and use toki, adzes, as well as their mythological origins!
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We talk about toki poutangata, ceremonial adzes, as well as some of the other tools used by traditional Maori carvers.
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We discuss the mythical origins of carving along with the two main styles and finish with a short talk about tokotoko, orator’s staffs! Oh, and there is a giveaway too!
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