PG Zealandia is formed, volcanoes and ice ages make their mark and we ask what happened to our mammals.

G Polynesian explorers reach new shores far to the south; a land unlike anything they had seen before. It’s a story of technological innovation, new horizons and becoming a new, distinct people.

G Tasman and then Cook visit and before long Europeans come to stay. Muskets, missionaries and international trade change the country as two cultures seek to make sense of each other.

G Māori and Pākehā wrestle with how to share Aotearoa, the New Zealand Company is formed and Te Tiriti o Waitangi is signed. But before long disputes arise, prompting the Wairau Affray and Northern War.

G Governor George Grey send troops south from Auckland, invading the Waikato. But Kingitanga fight back and a new phase of warfare begins in New Zealand that would see thousands of lives lost.

G Religious movements such as Pai Mārire & Ringatū arise to oppose settler expansion. While British troops withdraw, local militia take up the fight and we see atrocities committed by all sides.

G The New Zealand Wars are over… what comes next? A whole lot of political wrangling over how to run the new colony. Plus how refrigeration saved the Kiwi economy from the brink of disaster and how women won the right to vote.

G As the number of European settlers and a new Pakeha culture grew, so did the immigrants' demand for land. The government introduced new laws and the Land Court. This led to one of New Zealand's darkest days - the raid on Parihaka.

G The First World War changed New Zealand, but did we really become a nation on the beaches of Gallipoli? In this episode we look at World War I, how it began, why we got involved and its lasting impact. Plus, the influenza epidemic that followed.

G It’s the 1920s and the roots of another disaster are lurking beneath the surface... The Great Depression rips through the global economy, causing huge political upheavals, unemployment and, here in New Zealand, the birth of cradle to grave welfare.