Stay ConnectedIn 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.
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Copyright: © 2019 Thomas Rillstone
It's that time of year again! Time to vote for the bestest birb! As is tradition, I have picked a bird to tell you all about in the hopes that you might vote for it.
I also provide a short update on what's going on with the podcast and why you haven't heard from me in 6+ months (it's nothing bad, I promise!)
Vote in Bird of the Year here!
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Just popping in to explain why I've disappeared and to let you know that I am still working on things in the background!
Apologies if there are a few plosives and other audio issues, I'm a little out of practice and I have a new microphone!
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We round off Cook’s first expedition with what they got up to upon their return, how Cook’s reports were received and how this set the stage for his next voyage.
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We see how Cook and company get on in the capital of the Dutch East Indies before we follow their journey back home. Many of them will not survive the journey.
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The Endeavour limps her way to a spot where she can be temporarily repaired after her disastrious crash in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Cook and his crew will continue up the eastern coast of Australia and end up in probably the most dangerous situation they have been in thus far.
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We left the Endeavour last time as she sailed away from Aotearoa on the last day of March 1770 so today we will see how hre crew got on crossing the ditch towards Australia.
Guardian Article about spears being returned to Gweagal people of Kamay
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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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Cook and his crew continue to gather supplies, clean the ship and talk some more with Māori in Tōtaranui before he finally does what both Tasman and de Surville failed to do.
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As Cook and company begin to make their way down the west coast of the North Island they look for a place to stop and careen the ship. What they find is a place that Cook will return to again and again.
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