ka-tou-roa, New Zealand long tailed bat, was added into the running. So I decided to chat to Aotearoa’s bat expert to so he could tell us all about them!
Read More 72 – My Birb? of the Year 2021 with Ben Paris, the NZ BatmanToday I tell the story Hina-Uri, who you may remember is the woman whose husband was turned into a dog by Māui. We discover what happened to her after her life changed.
Read More 71 – Rupe, the Kind BrotherToday it’s just a random mix of stuff about how various plants were cooked and eaten, such as pūhā, pikopiko and basket fungus!
Read More 70 – Food, Glorious Foodaught and then how they were preserved via drying, smoking or in their own fat in gourds! We also talk about hunting kiore and how mans best friend got involved!
Read More 69 – Nicefeasts were for and what they involved and even a few stories from some feasts!
Read More 68 – Feast for the MouthThis episode we start talking about how Māori were cooking their food and constructing their meals, with some stuff on feasting as well!
Read More 67 – We Hongryferent stories about fish! Featuring the rangatira of whales, Pelorus Jack and even a war between mussels and cockles!
Read More 66 – Stories of FishWe finish up our look into fishing talking about freshwater species such as tuna (eels) and īnanga (whitebait), as well as some stuff about mātauranga Māori and Western science!
Read More 65 – It’s the Last Fishing One, I PromiseWe talk some more about nets! This time it’s bag nets and set trap nets as well as some cool info on the extinct upokororo, the NZ grayling!
Read More 64 – Oh Yea, We Still Talking About Nets!catch kehe! Along with how to catch kahawai and warehou.
Read More 63 – Casting a Wide Net
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