Black Sheep

Black Sheep returns on Friday 30 January for its 9th season with a new cast of rogues, villains and controversial characters. Murderous nurses, foul-mouthed goldfield barkeepers, sly grogging kāuri gum dealers and more! Join William Ray as he looks at the darker side of New Zealand history.
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We're ducking into your feed to bring you an episode of a new RNZ podcast: Kelly Tartlon's Final Treasure Hunt. This story has everything! Kidnapping, smuggling, scurvy, and imaginary islands full of Jewish gold... Make sure to follow Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt wherever you get your podcasts.
To see more of Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt, visit the RNZ website here.
Special thanks to the Tarlton family for their support and trust in making this podcast.
For more about Kelly Tarlton we recommend:
Watch: Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Throw Me the Wreck, Johnny: memories of Kelly Tarlton by Steve Locker-Lampson
Kelly: the Adventurous Life of Kelly Tarlton by E. V. Sale
Navigators and Naturalists, By Michael Lee
The Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste, By John Dunmore
The Expedition of the St Jean Baptiste to the Pacific 1769 - 1770, Translated and edited by John Dunmore
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On 27 September 1974 New Zealanders woke to the news Dr Bill Sutch, a famous economist, historian, and former senior government official had been arrested and accused of spying for Soviet Russia. He was later found not guilty, but over the last 50 years, suspicion has swirled, and new evidence has been revealed.

Check our RNZ's award Winning Podcast The Service for more about the history of the SIS in New Zealand.
Check our RNZ's award Winning Podcast The Service for more about the history of the SIS in New Zealand

Further reading:

Spy by Kit Bennets

Shirley Smith: An Examined Life by Sarah Gaitanos

Trying to Understand Dr Bill Sutch by Brian Easton

Bill Sutch - Dictionary of NZ Biography by Brian Easton
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Freddie Angell was New Zealand's most notorious wildlife smuggler. His repeated attempts at stealing and exporting native wildlife in the 1990s, including Kea and Tuatara, made him all but a household name. Black Sheep speaks to documentary-maker Andy MacDonald about his extraordinary story.
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Early NZ missionary Thomas Kendall arrived in London in 1820 with the Ngāpuhi Rangatira Hongi Hika. He would return to Aotearoa a year later with the first ever written dictionary of Te Reo Māori, a newly won clerical collar ...and more than 300 muskets.
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