History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
Thomas Rillstone
4.9from 363 ratings
- 206
- Episodes
- 57
- Transcribed
- 363
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 13K
- YouTube views
About History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast
In this “unashamedly homegrown” podcast we tell the story of our islands from the time before people arrived all the way up to the year 2000. Winner of the bronze award for Best Indie Podcast in the NZ Podcast Awards 2021, Silver for Best Educational and Best Indie in 2022 and Silver for Best History in 2023 and 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Thomas Rillstone
- Category
- education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Jan 2019
- Latest episode
- 5 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
57 of 206 episodes have a transcript.
5 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
My Birb of the Year 2026
11 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
I'm not Dead!
31 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
185 - The End of the Beginning
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My Birb of the Year 2026
Published 5 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Where you are most likely to find them though is in the forests of the North Island and all along the west coast of the South Island. And they have also been known to be on nearer offshore islands like Little Barrier and Kapadi. You won't find them just anywhere though. Meromero have, I wouldn't say a specific type of habitat that they like to live in, but they don't like open areas. Where they really thrive is mature forest, but interestingly, they aren't too picky about what kind of forest that is. It could be really nice native forest, like podokarp, beech, or mānuka kānuka. But they are equally happy with exotic tree plantations used for timber, such as pine trees. even being found in regenerating forest after the trees have been cut down. […]
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- YouTube views
- 12,958
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 113 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 250 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 64
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 97
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