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Untold Pacific History

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

BEST PASIFIKA PROGRAMME, NZTV AWARDS 2022. A dynamic and often provocative account of NZ's relationship with the Pacific. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.

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Episodes

Episode 5: Coup Culture (Fiji) | Untold Pacific History

June 14, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MB

This episode examines how and why Indian populations were brought to Fiji, and how the inequities under the colonial government’s Girmit system, created a society of instability and countless coups.

Episode 4: The Cursed Cook Islands Hotel (Rarotonga) | Untold Pacific History

June 07, 2021 18:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MB

This is a story of indigenous land rights gone awry, a makutu from an aggrieved family and the failed business ventures of an infamous 'haunted hotel' in Rarotonga.

Episode 3: Bullets on Black Saturday (Samoa) | Untold Pacific History

May 31, 2021 18:00 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MB

This episode examines the fatal consequences of New Zealand’s rule in Samoa, and the key events that led to the rise of Samoa's ‘Mau’ resistance movement.  

Episode 2: White Man's Law (Niue) | Untold Pacific History

May 24, 2021 18:00 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MB

What led Commissioner Larsen, the New Zealand administrator of Niue in the 1950s, to be murdered in his bed by three locals hell-bent on justice and revenge?

Episode 1: Waking Up to the Dawn Raids (Aotearoa) | Untold Pacific History

May 17, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

Of the many events affecting Pasifika people in Aotearoa, the Dawn Raids story is overdue to be told.

Untold Pacific History coming soon to RNZ

May 03, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 5.55 MB

A dynamic & often provocative account of New Zealand’s relationship with the Pacific & the broad impact it's had on New Zealand’s own history & relationship with Pacific peoples in Aotearoa today.

Untold Pacific History launches May 18 on RNZ

May 03, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 5.55 MB

A dynamic & often provocative account of New Zealand’s relationship with the Pacific & the broad impact it's had on New Zealand’s own history & relationship with Pacific peoples in Aotearoa today.

Untold Pacific History Trailer

May 03, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 5.55 MB

A dynamic & often provocative account of New Zealand’s relationship with the Pacific & the broad impact it's had on New Zealand’s own history & relationship with Pacific peoples in Aotearoa today.