I’ve decided to take an impromptu holiday to Auckland this weekend (assuming the weather allows me to board the plane…) I’ll be on my own doing museums and stuff so if you are around and want to get a beer, hit me up!

A fascinating story that sheds light on the dark story of the stripping of marae and cultural vandalism perpetrated against Māori, including here that one of our former national museum directors may have been responsible for the departure of Tāwhaki from Aotearoa. www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...

What a wild little story. (And the guy doubled down!) Sadly The Siècle does not appear to be popular enough to warrant the honor of being cloned.

Hey! I'm not dead! (At least, not yet) historyaotearoa.com/2026/04/11/i...

Jumping into Sea of Thieves with my doods @cab47attacks.bsky.social and @historyaotearoa.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/papabray

Daylight Saving Time has ended in NZ today! If your clocks are changing soon too, and you hate that, well I'm afraid to say that it is our fault.

If you are a Patreon member of the podcast, you will have likely heard me talk about the Tübingen Pou. Well, she’s coming home! www.instagram.com/reel/DWTQtLr...

Breaking: luxxo announces his mad max name

once again very proud of my contributions to The Spinoff

Wellingtonians might remember that some human remains were found in a garden in Happy Valley last year. Well it’s just been released that they have been radio carbon dated to 17th or 18th century, with the person possibly even being alive before Tasman’s arrival! www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK26...

Another shameless plug but if you are signed up on Patreon, we will be talking about Mai (or Omai as he is incorrectly known in the sources) next week! Or you can wait until we get to the end of Cool’s second voyage, but that’s months away haha

We know that one!

Just a reminder that if you are missing HANZ from your feeds, I am releasing episodes on Patreon at the moment all about the life of Joseph Banks. Their about an hour long each so lots to listen to! Just sign up for $5 a month! www.patreon.com/c/historyaot...

Would you rather fight a thousand armed men or a thousand-armed man?

Probably not a super smart idea to not have breakfast and then go to Newtown Festival where I proceed to drink four shots of gin as tasters lol

Tonight at 5-6pm nzst its time for some Friday Night Freedom w the homies @doctorwolverine.bsky.social @historyaotearoa.bsky.social and @stucat.bsky.social Over at Twitch.tv/papabray

Fun video for the NZ train nerds all about the historic Northern Railway in Invercargill! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oG2...

Also, I did a reading of a saucy satirical poem called Mimosa! www.patreon.com/posts/mimosa...

I'm still hard at work on the next set of episodes but if you are missing HANZ from your feed I've just released the first episode of a series on the life of Joseph Banks on Patreon! Sign up for the Kākāpō tier to get access to it plus other bonus episodes and perks! www.patreon.com/posts/hanz-w...

Continuing my research into Cook's second voyage and he is back in Tahiti after a pretty boring trip close to Antarctica. Let me tell you what, every time he goes to Tahiti I LOVE IT. The politics are so messy with alliances and betrayals galore. Each time he comes back everyone has switched sides

Really mad at the Stuff quiz today, one of the questions was "Who ruled England longer?" The options were "George III" or "James VI". Really interested to know what arcane sorcery Stuff used to invent three new kings...

Happy valentines to all who celebrate

HELL YEA thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...

STREAM TIME!!! Gonna drop into Cyberstan and bring them freedom (from life) with my homies @cosmicwoof.bsky.social @historyaotearoa.bsky.social and @zeldrick.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/papabray

No new episode this week from HANZ but if you want to know what else is going on in Britain here is a good place to start!

Wishing a happy/angry Waitangi Day to all who celebrate/protest

Stream Time!!! Going live with my doods @historyaotearoa.bsky.social @ayvex.xyz and keebs to put those clanker fuckos back in their place in Helldivers 2. www.twitch.tv/papabray

The restored Treaty House at Waitangi in 1934, after the gift by Lord and Lady Bledisloe of the house and its surrounds to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand. #Waitangi

Tonight around 5pm NZST Me, @historyaotearoa.bsky.social, @ayvex.xyz and Keebs are spreading more democracy and taking the fight to the clankers. Over at Twitch.tv/papabray

Josie really is a national treasure. Also one of the loveliest people I know. National milestone: It’s been 10 years since the Waitangi dildo strike thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-...

WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED

If you have listened to the most recent episode and are wondering what happened to the Endeavour after Cook sailed her around the world, I've just released a Patreon episode all about it! Including the recent controversy! www.patreon.com/posts/hanz-w...

New Episode! We round off Cook’s first expedition with what they got up to upon their return, how Cook’s reports were received and how this set the stage for his next voyage. historyaotearoa.com/2026/02/01/1...

The sources page has been updated with what I used for de Surville and so far for Cook! historyaotearoa.com/sources/

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What did he mean by this?

A quick update about the release schedule for podcast! www.patreon.com/posts/whats-...

New Episode! We see how Cook and company get on in the capital of the Dutch East Indies before we follow their journey back home. Many of them will not survive the journey. historyaotearoa.com/2026/01/25/1...

I have once again made the pilgrimage

New Episode! The Endeavour limps her way to a spot where she can be temporarily repaired after her disastrious crash in the Great Barrier Reef. historyaotearoa.com/2026/01/18/1...

"A retired history-lover with a personal library of over 1,000 rare books, his apple varieties and techniques harken back to the golden age of cidermaking in England in the 17th and 18th centuries". #gardenhistory #wairarapa www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

One of the most significant battles in Te Tai Tokerau has been commemorated, marking it's 180th anniversary.

New Episode! Cook and his crew will continue up the eastern coast of Australia and end up in probably the most dangerous situation they have been in thus far. historyaotearoa.com/2026/01/11/1...

Pleased to see the most important stories are still getting proper investigative journalism (though there are errors on two fronts: the essential Kiwi pie is steak+cheese, not mince+cheese—it's what I use as a baseline to compare bakeries—and they understate steak/mince+cheese's prevalence in Aus)

"I don't mind where, as long as I'm Mayor and as long as I'm Mayor I don't mind where" From a TV skit about him when he went from Mayor of Waitamata to Mayor of Invercargil. Also, people talk about NZ's Mamdani, check out Shadbolt in the 80s and what he did to voter turnout.

The most iconic local politician of my lifetime for sure. RIP to a legend.

RIP to a real one www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

As of today the History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast has hit ONE MILLION TOTAL DOWNLOADS!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO

New Year, New Episode! We left the Endeavour last time as she sailed away from Aotearoa on the last day of March 1770 so today we will see how her crew got on crossing the ditch towards Australia. historyaotearoa.com/2026/01/04/1...

I'm reading about James Cook's second voyage for the podcast and I'm so glad that the messy Tahitian politics are back! When he comes back everything is just topsey turvy, with alliances being formed with people that I'm pretty sure hate each other! Exciting!