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The 1769 expedition of the St Jean Baptiste gets underway! We talk about all the problems that came up pretty much immediately as they sailed…
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Today we cover the early life of the next European captain who would come to Aotearoa’s shores, Jean Francois Marie de Surville. We also talk…
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Europeans don’t return to Aotearoa for over 100 years after the expedition of Abel Tasman so today we will be covering the broad strokes of…
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Just a short update on what I’ve been up to behind the scenes, where we are going and a couple of episode recommendations that came…
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Abel Tasman returns to Batavia after a 10 month expedition and his bosses give their final reports. How was Aotearoa’s first European visitor to be…
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Abel Tasman and his crew were successfully scared off by Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri at Mohua/Golden Bay after a brief skirmish. Today we will follow the Dutch…
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Abel Tasman has arrived in Mohua/Golden bay and the Māori of Taupo Point pā want to get the measure of these newcomers. It’s time for…
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For the last few episodes you would be forgiven for thinking this was the VOC Podcast. It’s taken us a bit of time but we…
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Abel Tasman finally gets his expedition underway in 1642, heading into the South Pacific in search of gold and glory. We also discuss a bit…
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Today we discuss the instructions that Abel Tasman was given by the Batavian Council for his 1642 expedition. This included anything from what ships and…
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