S1 E3: Early Encounters | RNZ

The Aotearoa History Show
The Aotearoa History Show
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Published 2019-10-10
Abel Tasman and James Cook’s first contacts with Māori were complex and sometimes violent. Europeans introduce new technologies, food and ideas, such as muskets, potatoes and Christianity. In some cases this works out well for Tangata Whenua - but in other cases the consequences are devastating.

Series Classification: G (General Programmes)

Made possible by the RNZ/NZ on Air Innovation Fund
All Comments (21)
  • @angelikainnewzealand7072
    What a great series. We just love it, education in its best form! Thanks for all the effort putting this history into a very enjoyable and easy to understand format.
  • @saltyspaceman5697
    6:17 Tupaia was also an arioi (similar to maori tohunga) and immediately gained respect and understood the hierarchy and customs etc...... (he had mana)
  • @startuckval5198
    we needed to do this in social studies. It was boring as ** mostly because of the room's vibe and the learning resources but thanks for making this video you have saved me a lot of time
  • @mehdi4704
    Awesome series, thanks so much for these!
  • @Amy-wp3hh
    This is brilliant, im excited to watch the whole series!
  • @leeoleary3321
    This series seems to be creating a bit of debate in comments section lol. Thanks for a great show
  • @mrbigolnuts3041
    Wow, such a great production, has been very difficult to find an unbiased, factual and concise account of historical events of the first encounters between Maori and the English, keep up the good work!!
  • @mahimeo8575
    love this! super interesting, I learned a lot.
  • @hamishglenn4900
    Thanks for this series! Loving it. One crit, I feel that we're looking at Maori and Pakeha through two different lenses - one tinged with cultural relativism and the other being of contemporary moral constitution. Well done on the series though :)
  • @muzikhed
    Good information and very interesting.
  • @michaeledgar6118
    You tell us Maori went through 400 years of "technological revolution". I wonder what particular technological breakthroughs they accomplished.. Details please.
  • @philrunciman7959
    To get good perspective of those early years read Kieth Newman's book, "Bible and Treaty" published by Penguin. This is a thoroughly well researched book with a great amount of material informing us of those early years of Maori and Pakeha relations.
  • @greynee
    Today we watched this at school this was so interesting