Untold Pacific History

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BEST PASIFIKA PROGRAMME, NZTV AWARDS 2022. A dynamic and often provocative account of NZ's relationship with the Pacific. Made possible by the RNZ/NZOA Innovation Fund.


    • Jun 14, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Episode 5: Coup Culture (Fiji) | Untold Pacific History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 40:07


    This episode examines how and why Indian populations were brought to Fiji, and how the inequities under the colonial government's Girmit system, created a society of instability and countless coups.

    Episode 4: The Cursed Cook Islands Hotel (Rarotonga) | Untold Pacific History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 28:32


    This is a story of indigenous land rights gone awry, a makutu from an aggrieved family and the failed business ventures of an infamous 'haunted hotel' in Rarotonga.

    Episode 3: Bullets on Black Saturday (Samoa) | Untold Pacific History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 32:59


    This episode examines the fatal consequences of New Zealand's rule in Samoa, and the key events that led to the rise of Samoa's ‘Mau' resistance movement.  

    Episode 2: White Man's Law (Niue) | Untold Pacific History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 39:08


    What led Commissioner Larsen, the New Zealand administrator of Niue in the 1950s, to be murdered in his bed by three locals hell-bent on justice and revenge?

    Episode 1: Waking Up to the Dawn Raids (Aotearoa) | Untold Pacific History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 37:02


    Of the many events affecting Pasifika people in Aotearoa, the Dawn Raids story is overdue to be told.

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    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 4:01


    A dynamic & often provocative account of New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific & the broad impact it's had on New Zealand's own history & relationship with Pacific peoples in Aotearoa today.

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