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Episodes 1 & 2: The Last Place on Earth & Treasure Islands - Prehistory to 1642
Millions of years ago, the largest islands of the South Pacific rose from the ocean to become home to specialised plants and animals adapted to a unique environment. In more recent times Polynesian voyagers crossed the Pacific to finally make landfall on the shores of the 'long bright cloud'.
The Polynesians faced a new environment, but one teeming with food - fish, seals and birds. Over the next 500 years, they re-shaped the land and developed a sophisticated Maori tribal society.
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Episode 3: When Worlds Collide - 1642 to 1839
Early contact between Maori and European was filled with danger and promise for both sides. Whalers, sealers, traders and missionaries arrived. But the muskets they brought would lead to terrible tribal wars and mass internal migration.
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Episode 4: Flags and Nations - 1839 to 1852
The treaty signed at Waitangi in 1840 was welcomed by some Maori, but not all. In its wake came settlers, lots of them, and the first conflicts between the new government and Maori.
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Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:53 pm
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Episode 5: The Explosive Frontier - 1852 to 1884
Maori trade, economic success and fertile lands caused envy among the rising tide of settlers. Fighting erupted in Taranaki and quickly spread across the North Island. Defeat would cost Maori their independence, mana and more than a million hectares of land. But resistance would continue.
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Episode 6: The Rush to be Rich - 1848 to 1882
As war consumed the North Island, gold was discovered in Otago. The best (and wildest) of times for the South Island had arrived. Soon the south would be the most populous and wealthiest part of the country.
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Episode 7: God's Own Country - 1878 to 1913
In the 1880s, the New Zealand economy collapsed. Poverty and unemployment replaced prosperity. But the 'Long Depression' gave rise to a political and social revolution, the birth of the welfare state and votes for women. And Maori, dismissed as a dying race, began their great revival.
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Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:24 am
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Episode 8: The Price of Empire - 1897 to 1918
At the dawn of the 20th Century, New Zealand was a loyal member of the British Empire, the home of 'better Britons'. Identity and pride were tied to victory on the rugby field and a rush to fight in Britain's wars.
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Episode 9: The Rise and Fall of Happy Homes - 1918 to 1935
The horrors of World War 1 were followed by the 'black flu' pandemic. Then the 1920s promised a better life in modern times. Home ownership increased and American music and films arrived. But the bright lights were dimmed by another great depression, causing widespread ruin and despair.
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Episode 10: Hope and Heroes - 1935 to 1949
In 1935 Depression-battered New Zealanders elected their first Labour Government and began a decade of radical social and economic reform. But even as they grasped at security, a new threat emerged - another world war, and this time one of the enemies was in the Pacific.
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Episode 11: The Golden Weather - 1949 to 1965
With the 1950s came a period of economic expansion and prosperity built on the sheep's back and farming innovation. The population drifted north and Maori moved to the cities and set up vibrant social clubs. There was full employment, endless sporting success, relentless suburban spread, and a massive programme of power schemes for the new homes and industries.
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Episode 12: Generations - 1965 to 1984
When New Zealand troops were sent to fight in Vietnam, the divisions emerging in society broke into the open. The country took to the streets. They marched in protest about the Vietnam war, nuclear testing, the environment, women's rights, sporting links with apartheid South Africa and the place of Maori in modern New Zealand.
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Episode 13: Breaking Free - 1984 to the present
The 1984 election introduced another reforming government, one prepared to cut loose a heavily regulated economy and challenge old alliances. But change came at a price. 'New Right' policies began dismantling 50 years of economic supports and social welfare. Maori demanded that long-held grievances be addressed. And as New Zealand entered the 21st Century a new wave of immigration began.
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