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99 - My Birb of the Year 2022
Episode 99
It's that time of year again! The Forest and Bird competition to see who is Aotearoa's Bird of the Year is back on! Every year I pick a native or end…
3 years, 5 months ago
98 - Tāwhaki the Bold
Episode 98
We tell the story of Tāwhaki, a fairly famous demi-god like figure in Te Ao Māori. In this episode we have two stories. In the first he gets mugged a…
3 years, 6 months ago
97 - The West Coast Beer Boycott
Episode 97
In our final addendum to the Speight's episodes, we talk about the West Coast Beer Boycott which we had to skip over but is actually a really great s…
3 years, 6 months ago
96 - The Six O'Clock Swill
Episode 96
Today we talk about what has probably had the biggest impact on Aotearoa's drinking culture, the (sometimes) legally enforced six o'clock closing tim…
3 years, 7 months ago
95 - Temperance and Prohibition
Episode 95
As a sort of epilogue to our Speight's episodes we are delving into the prohibition movement a little deeper to give you a fuller understanding of wh…
3 years, 7 months ago
94 - Speight's: Good On Ya Mate
Episode 94
The final episode on our series on Speight's where we see a manager rise to the challenge presented by the behemouth that is DB.
Speight's Southern Ma…
3 years, 8 months ago
93 – Speight’s: Rivals
Episode 93
Things once again start looking up for Speight's as they get their flashy new bottling house up and running but perhaps are too focussed looking inwa…
3 years, 8 months ago
92 - Speight's: The Scientific Revolution
Episode 92
The last couple of decades for Speight's had been rough. War, death and tragedy have been common themes. Now, Speight's looked to the future to try a…
3 years, 8 months ago
91 – Speight’s: The Dark Times
Episode 91
We see Speight's start to go into a major decline as pressures from the war, death of major figures and a fire take their toll on Speight's.
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3 years, 8 months ago
90 - Speight's: Like a Zip
Episode 90
The story of Speight's continues! The prohibitionists are still at it and their making some pretty good headway, causing the NZ brewing industry to p…
3 years, 9 months ago