Thomas - HANZ

Would you rather fight a thousand armed men or a thousand-armed man?

Probably not a super smart idea to not have breakfast and then go to Newtown Festival where I proceed to drink four shots of gin as tasters lol

Tonight at 5-6pm nzst its time for some Friday Night Freedom w the homies @doctorwolverine.bsky.social @historyaotearoa.bsky.social and @stucat.bsky.social

Over at Twitch.tv/papabray

My unshakeable faith in the research skills of Youtubers has once again been shattered

I'm sure @drdrehistorian.bsky.social will fact check it if he hasn't seen it already lol

Can you build train tracks out of Wood? - Invercargill Wooden Railway YouTube video by Train of Thought

Fun video for the NZ train nerds all about the historic Northern Railway in Invercargill! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oG2...

Also, I did a reading of a saucy satirical poem called Mimosa!

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HANZ Whānau 30 - Banks after Cook | HANZ Get more from HANZ on Patreon

I'm still hard at work on the next set of episodes but if you are missing HANZ from your feed I've just released the first episode of a series on the life of Joseph Banks on Patreon! Sign up for the Kākāpō tier to get access to it plus other bonus episodes and perks!

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Honestly, the real story is if Dutch and the gang did make it to Tahiti. Give me that game

Continuing my research into Cook's second voyage and he is back in Tahiti after a pretty boring trip close to Antarctica.

Let me tell you what, every time he goes to Tahiti I LOVE IT. The politics are so messy with alliances and betrayals galore. Each time he comes back everyone has switched sides

Really mad at the Stuff quiz today, one of the questions was "Who ruled England longer?" The options were "George III" or "James VI".

Really interested to know what arcane sorcery Stuff used to invent three new kings...

Happy valentines to all who celebrate

Good news: It’s kākāpō fuck season The world is going to hell in a handbasket but at least the kākāpō are going hog wild.

HELL YEA

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JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED

STREAM TIME!!!

Gonna drop into Cyberstan and bring them freedom (from life) with my homies @cosmicwoof.bsky.social @historyaotearoa.bsky.social and @zeldrick.bsky.social

www.twitch.tv/papabray

No new episode this week from HANZ but if you want to know what else is going on in Britain here is a good place to start!

I think it is also just straight up wrong lol. 'Tee' in Te Reo Māori is not pronounced the same as 'tea' in English, it would be tī.

Wishing a happy/angry Waitangi Day to all who celebrate/protest

PapaBray - Twitch Tuatara Vtuber with a room temperature IQ.

Stream Time!!!

Going live with my doods @historyaotearoa.bsky.social @ayvex.xyz and keebs to put those clanker fuckos back in their place in Helldivers 2.

www.twitch.tv/papabray

IIRC grapefruit stops your body being able to absorb certain medications, which means they not only don't work but can also lead to overdosing

Grapefruit stops certain medications working, you most often see it with contraception. THC is the same and can lead to problems with you liver, I think

Treaty House at Waitangi from the air, 1934. Photographer Frank Douglas Mill (1899-1990), glass plate negative, Waitākere Central Library, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections FDM-0337-G Attributed to Douglas Mill but it is known that on occasion his wife Audrey would operate the camera, by leaning out of the open cockpit, while her husband himself piloted the plane. Douglas and Audrey Mill operated their air transport and survey business from a hangar at Hobsonville Point between 1927-1937.

The restored Treaty House at Waitangi in 1934, after the gift by Lord and Lady Bledisloe of the house and its surrounds to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand. #Waitangi

Tonight around 5pm NZST Me, @historyaotearoa.bsky.social, @ayvex.xyz and Keebs are spreading more democracy and taking the fight to the clankers.

Over at Twitch.tv/papabray

National milestone: It’s been 10 years since the Waitangi dildo strike When Josie Butler threw that dildo, she split our nation’s timeline into two eras: before dildo (BD) and after dildo (AD).

Josie really is a national treasure. Also one of the loveliest people I know.

National milestone: It’s been 10 years since the Waitangi dildo strike
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I have a couple on my desk!

IIRC the general in charge of testing it said it was only good for a ‘certain type of warfare’ or something to that effect, which was basically just a thinly veiled way of saying it was shit lol

WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED

HANZ Whānau 29 - Endeavour After Cook | HANZ Get more from HANZ on Patreon

If you have listened to the most recent episode and are wondering what happened to the Endeavour after Cook sailed her around the world, I've just released a Patreon episode all about it! Including the recent controversy!

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185 – The End of the Beginning We round off Cook’s first expedition with what they got up to upon their return, how Cook’s reports were received and how this set the stage for his next voyage.

New Episode! We round off Cook’s first expedition with what they got up to upon their return, how Cook’s reports were received and how this set the stage for his next voyage.

historyaotearoa.com/2026/02/01/1...

Sources Here you will find the sources I use for HANZ. I’ve split them up generally into the different topics if appropriate but other than that they aren’t in any particular order. This will b…

The sources page has been updated with what I used for de Surville and so far for Cook! historyaotearoa.com/sources/