Untold Pacific History

The life story of I'iga Pisa, an independence activist who sailed hundreds of kilometers in a small canoe to escape exile from Samoa.

The Forgotten Soldiers of Niue: 150 men plucked from their island paradise and sent to the French frontlines in WWI.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.