In this episode we start our discussion on Māori religion! I realise this may be a slightly contentious subjuct so the first half is giving some disclaimers and historical context and the second half is cracking into Māori creation story and the main atua therein.
Read More 103 – Tāne and the BoisAfter his adventures in Episode 98, Tāwhaki lives a long and prosperous life but his final journey leads him somewhere he couldn’t have expected.
Read More 102 – Tāwhaki the Bold: Part 2I am currently writing the next set of episodes so to tide you over for the next wee while I invited some more guests to come and play a fun little gameshow with me! This time we are celebrating the history podcast community that helped HANZ to where it is today.
Read More 101 – Bulls**t! A Gameshow with Guests: Round 2We made it! Triple digits! To celebrate this amazing occasion I got some of my podcast friends to come on and play a little history themed gameshow with me! Based on the CollegeHumour game Um, Actually? (which I have renamed Bulls**t!), I give the players a NZ history related statement that has something false about and they have to guess what it is. Obviously this is just for fun and not a normal, informative episode so I hope you have a good laugh!
Read More 100 – Bulls**t! A Gameshow with GuestsIt’s that time of year again! The Forest and Bird competition to see who is Aotearoa’s Bird of the Year is back on! Every year I pick a native or endemic bird to talk about to teach you about some of the weird and wonderful birds we have. This year I chose the mātātā or fernbird!
Read More 99 – My Birb of the Year 2022We tell the story of Tāwhaki, a fairly famous demi-god like figure in Te Ao Māori. In this episode we have two stories. In the first he gets mugged and then does a Noah in retaliation and in the second he goes searching for his parents and murders a bunch of fish in the process.
Read More 98 – Tāwhaki the BoldIn our final addendum to the Speight’s episodes, we talk about the West Coast Beer Boycott which we had to skip over but is actually a really great story pitting the strong unions against an association of pubs. All over a one penny increase in the price of beer.
Read More 97 – The West Coast Beer BoycottToday we talk about what has probably had the biggest impact on Aotearoa’s drinking culture, the (sometimes) legally enforced six o’clock closing time for pubs that went from 1918-1967. However you may know it by its more colloquial name that came about due to the rush of drinking it encouraged for those who finished work at 5pm, the six o’clock swill.
Read More 96 – The Six O’Clock SwillAs a sort of epilogue to our Speight’s episodes I am delving into the prohibition movement a little deeper to give you a fuller understanding of who these people were and what was going on!
Read More 95 – Temperance and ProhibitionThe final episode on our series on Speight’s where we see a manager rise to the challenge presented by the behemouth that is DB.
Read More 94 – Speight’s: Good on ya mate
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