181 - Border Patrol

History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast by Thomas Rillstone

Jan 3, 202626:19Society & Culture

We left the Endeavour last time as she sailed away from Aotearoa on the last day of March 1770 so today we will see how hre crew got on crossing the ditch towards Australia. Guardian Article about spears being returned t...

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