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    NOTE: This episode has been reuploaded to correct some inaccuracies in the original version. We all know New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote. But do you know how we got there? The path to suffrage is littered with alcohol, hidden heroes &amp; dirty tricks.

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    NOTE: This episode has been reuploaded to correct some inaccuracies in the original version. We all know New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote. But do you know how we got there? The path to suffrage is littered with alcohol, hidden heroes & dirty tricks.

  

Season 2 Ep 12: Women's Suffrage

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    New Zealand has had some big ambitions in the Pacific and mixed relations with our neighbours.

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    New Zealand has had some big ambitions in the Pacific and mixed relations with our neighbours.

  

 Season 2 Ep 14: New Zealand's Pacific Empire

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    Why isn’t New Zealand part of Australia? | The Aotearoa History Show | RNZ
 

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    Why isn’t New Zealand part of Australia? | The Aotearoa History Show | RNZ
 

  

Season 2 Ep 13: Why isn't New Zealand part of Australia?

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    New Zealanders like to think we have a “Number 8 Wire Mentality” - a rough and ready enthusiasm for fixing and building stuff with limited resources. 

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    New Zealanders like to think we have a “Number 8 Wire Mentality” - a rough and ready enthusiasm for fixing and building stuff with limited resources. 

  

Season 2 Ep 11: Number 8 Wire

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    From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon.

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    From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon.

  

Season 2 Ep 10: NZ Railways

The story of New Zealand and its people from its geological origins to modern day, hosted by William Ray, Māni Dunlop & Leigh-Marama McLachlan, with animation by Chris Maguren.


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