In this “unashamedly homegrown” podcast we tell the story of our islands from the time before people
Captain de Surville has devised a plan to sail to New Zealand, last found by Tasman 127 years ago, t
The crew of the St Jean Baptiste are now dying of scurvy. They desperately need to find somewhe
The St Jean Baptiste find a much needed island to resupply. However, not all is as it seems and
Last episode we finished just after three men deserted the ship on the island of Luzon in the Philip
The St Jean Baptiste continues on her journey from India around the Malay Peninsula where her c
As we head towards the end of the year, it is time for the Bird of the Year competition run by Fores
The 1769 expedition of the St Jean Baptiste gets underway! We talk about all the problems that came
Today we cover the early life of the next European captain who would come to Aotearoa's shores, Jean
Europeans don't return to Aotearoa for over 100 years after the expedition of Abel Tasman so today w
Just a short update on what I've been up to behind the scenes, where we are going and a couple of ep
Abel Tasman returns to Batavia after a 10 month expedition and his bosses give their final reports.
Abel Tasman and his crew were successfully scared off by Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri at Mohua/Golden Bay afte
Abel Tasman has arrived in Mohua/Golden bay and the Māori of Taupo Point pā want to get the measure
For the last few episodes you would be forgiven for thinking this was the VOC Podcast. It's taken us
Abel Tasman finally gets his expedition underway in 1642, heading into the South Pacific in search o
Today we discuss the instructions that Abel Tasman was given by the Batavian Council for his 1642 ex
We continue Abel Tasman's story, this time in the lead up to his famous expedition in 1642, which se
Having covered the background of the Dutch Empire and the VOC in the previous episode, today we will
It's a new year and this time we are beginning a new chapter in the story of Aotearoa! Today we talk
A new era of HANZ is dawning, the eyes of the world a turning eastward as the engines of empire grow
