Untold Pacific History
A dynamic and often provocative account of New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific.
Hosted by Koroi Hawkins
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Season 2 / Episode 1
Season 2 / Episode 1
This is the little known story of The Forgotten Soldiers of Niue: 150 men plucked from their island paradise and sent 17,000 kms away to the cold frontlines of France during World War I. The Niuean soldiers never made it to the frontline, however. They instead died en route with the introduction of diseases they had never been exposed to.
I’Iga Pisa, Samoa’s Unsung Hero
Season 2 / Episode 2
I’Iga Pisa, Samoa’s Unsung Hero
Season 2 / Episode 2
The life story of I'iga Pisa, an independence activist who sailed hundreds of kilometers in a small canoe to escape exile from Samoa.
Papa Tom Davis, From the Seas to the Stars (Rarotonga)
Season 2 / Episode 3
Papa Tom Davis, From the Seas to the Stars (Rarotonga)
Season 2 / Episode 3
Papa Tom, an extraordinary Cook Islander who smashed new frontiers in space and the ocean in a life that spanned many fields of work.
Introducing: Untold Pacific History S2
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Introducing: Untold Pacific History S2
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Told in three separate stories, season two of Untold Pacific History shines a light on key events in the Niue, Samoa and Rarotonga that have been little told in Aotearoa.
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