Untold Pacific History RNZ Originals
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NEW. A dynamic and often provocative account of NZ's relationship with the Pacific. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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Season 2 | Episode 3: Papa Tom Davis, From the Seas to the Stars (Rarotonga)
Papa Tom, an extraordinary Cook Islander who smashed new frontiers in space and the ocean in a life that spanned many fields of work.
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Season 2 | Episode 2: I’Iga Pisa, Samoa’s Unsung Hero
The life story of I'iga Pisa, an independence activist who sailed hundreds of kilometers in a small canoe to escape exile from Samoa.
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Season 2 | Episode 1: The Forgotten Soldiers of Niue
The Forgotten Soldiers of Niue: 150 men plucked from their island paradise and sent to the French frontlines in WWI.
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Untold Pacific History | Season 2 | Podcast Trailer
Told in three separate stories, season two of Untold Pacific History shines a light on key events in the Niue, Samoa and Rarotonga that have been little told in Aotearoa.
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Episode 5: Coup Culture (Fiji) | Untold Pacific History
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.
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Episode 4: The Cursed Cook Islands Hotel (Rarotonga) | Untold Pacific History
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.