In 1987 Labour 4.0 Prime Minister David Lange gave himself the education portfolio shortly after winning re-election that year. One of the education groups he set his crosshairs on were New Zealand’s pre-school children. For this, Lange picked

1907: Plunket

Dec 9th, 2022 16m 6s

The State program of Plunket was initiated in 1907 with the agenda to create a strong zombie force of Kiwis with healthy bodies and indoctrinated brains. Children were treated as building blocks of the Collective. To understand why the Silent G

1880: Silencing the Deaf

Nov 21st, 2022 11m 51s

State Programmes always achieve the very opposite of whatever they set out to do. March 10, 1880: The Sumner Deaf and Dumb Institution opened for business in Christchurch and it was bankrolled by the New Zealand Government. The Sumner Institute

1930: Government Making Our Pants Explode

Oct 13th, 2022 13m 10s

The State, in the 1930s, began instructing New Zealand farmers to use spray-on weed killer. A side-effect was that it made farmer’s clothing explode. The story of the 1930s New Zealand exploding farmer pants has been retold many times since Wat

1886: Mt Tarawera Exploded

Oct 2nd, 2022 3m 4s

Today in New Zealand history, 10 June, 1886, Mt Tarawera exploded. Along with killing 150 people or more it either bulldozed or buried numerous settlements and villages along with the world famous Pink and White Terraces. In AHNZ podcast episod

2022: The Peasants’ Revolt

Sep 24th, 2022

England’s Black Death and New Zealand’s COVID Epidemic have so much in common. King Richard II of England’s pandemic (1348-1350) really killed masses of people whereas Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand’s pandemic (2020-2022) did not.

1989: The Palmer Interlude

Sep 18th, 2022 22m 21s

Geoffrey Palmer was the second of the three Labour 4.0 Prime Ministers, taking over after David Lange quit until Mike Moore was deployed to fight the 1990 General Election. Prime Minister Palmer came romping into the General Election of 1990 wi

1948: Notornis, I Presume?

Aug 22nd, 2022 14m 13s

Today in history, 20 November, 1948, Dr Geoffrey Orbell set out on a private expedition to find the notornis (takehe) presumed extinct since 1898. By finding two near Lake Te Anau, he proved they were still very much alive.We also re-visit th

1859: New Zealand’s Carrington Event

Aug 18th, 2022 15m 14s

In this episode we will be exploring a massive solar storm called The Carrington Event as it impacted on New Zealand. Also, a revisiting of physicist Paul Callaghan and his idea about the 3 phases of New Zealand science.

1851: The Old Man of New Ulster

Aug 18th, 2022 9m 11s

In this episode we will be exploring a little bit about New Zealand's colonial period when our country was made up of provinces named New Ulster, New Munster, and New Leinster.Also, a first-hand account from Charles Hovell of his first, and

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