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Taonga Treasures of our past

"Episode 1 : Til death do us part : the story of Ohaki and Albie Bennett is an incredible true historical story of two coins, a soldier's passion and one woman's faith that would never die -- Episode 2 : The warrior princess : A ruahine or princess, Rangitopeora [Rangi Topeora] had a crucial role to play in fighting for her tribes [Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa] survival in both the Maori and Pakeha worlds -- Episode 3 : A soldiers story : Arapeta Awatere was a distinguished Maori leader, so why did he get to spend his last years in Mt Eden Prison convicted of murder? -- Episode 4 : Lucy Lord : Forever branded as a traitor and a spy, Lucy Lord fights for her life against her own people. [She is variously known as Takiora Grey (or Gray), Takihora, Bloody Mary, Mrs Blake, and Louisa Grey] -- Episode 5 : Piracy in the Pacific : A routine boat trib from the Chatham Islands to Christchurch in 1940, turns into a terrifying 52 days of captivity on a German Raider for Hetty Idiens and her whanau -- Episode 6 : Sir Maui Pomare : The 19th century adage that Maori were soon to become an extinct race was the antithesis of a Maori Leader who fought for the very survival of his people -- Episode 7 : To hang or not to hang : In the late 1860's Maori teenager Penetito Hawea was implicated in one of Aotearoa's most sensational murders, the ritual killing of Anglican minister Karl Volkner [of Opotiki] -- Episode 8 : The Sorcerer and the saint : Amidst one of New Zealand's most violent volcanic eruptions [Tarawera] Te Paea Hinerangi [Guide Sophia] would emerge as a tower of strength and courage for the survivors --Episode 9 : Lost child : A 5 year old Maori child [Ngataua Omahuru] wrenched from a world of armed conflict finds himself plunged into an alien European world of privilege, to become the son of a New Zealand Primeminister [Sir William Fox] -- Episode 10 : The bone collector : The pillaging of sacred Maori burial grounds for treasure was a dangerouse undertaking that almost cost collector Andreas Rieshek his life." -- Container.

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