The Victorian Convict Who Colonised New Zealand | Time Walks

The Victorian Convict Who Colonised New Zealand | Time Walks | Absolute History

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The Wakefield family made colonizing New Zealand their family business. After Edward Wakefield kidnapped a teenage heiress, he hatched a plan to found South Australia's capital. His brother, William Wakefield, was also involved in the kidnapping and later became one of Wellington's founding fathers. The tiny capital city perched at the bottom of the South Island is set to become the Hollywood of the Pacific, thanks to visionary filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson. If he wants some inspiration, Tony can provide him with heart-warming pooches, bloody strike re-enactments, and even an iconic New Zealand dessert.
00:00 Introduction to Wellington
02:21 The Birth of The New Zealand Parliament
03:57 The Victorian Convict Who Colonised New Zealand
05:26 The Dog Who Waited For His Dead Owner
09:26 How The Māori Lived Before Being Colonised
12:01 Lord of The Rings Studio
17:10 The General Strike of Wellington
20:34 Cuba Street Market
22:08 The Prima Ballerina Anna Pavlova
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@sabertooth1980 2 жыл бұрын

"The rich old guy who built what he said was an earthquake proof house had it fall on him, squish him and then he DIED! Welcome to Wellington." I can't lie. That was a banger of an opening.

@TalyaEm 2 жыл бұрын

I teared up when Sir Peter brought out the Blackadder costume. Recognised the sleeve instantly. Amazing.

@dinozyx 2 жыл бұрын

i grew up in new zealand and they never taught us much abt our history

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing you refer so casually to being from NZ is so fascinating to me, I've only read about it and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and live in Texas now, in used to this giant continent and just driving everywhere. My niece traveled the world a few times and loved Norway and Scotland and New Zealand the best, she was just drawn to the people and scenery....I've never been anywhere!

@dinozyx 2 жыл бұрын

@@christineparis5607 here you can just travel across half the country in 12 hours haha

@TalyaEm 2 жыл бұрын

Same eh

@TheAccidentalViking 2 жыл бұрын

@@christineparis5607 I moved to NZ when I was 19. I lived there for 15 years. Now, I live in Norway, but my heart will forever be in New Zealand.

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAccidentalViking Don't you want to go back? You should live where your heart is...

@4idiotsAndNapoleon 2 жыл бұрын

I learnt most of this in school. But it takes Tony Robinson to make it interesting! Some of my ancestors arrived in Wellington (or technically, Petone) in 1840 on the Bengal Merchant

@MatSpeedle 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Robinson is one amazing story teller, brilliant documentary

@gothicgwen9066 2 жыл бұрын

That intro lmao! A Wellingtonian at heart living on the other side of the world now... I remember earthquakes being such a common thing that the only time I panicked was when my son was on the loo at the back of the house (an old colonial cottage) which was on a big drop behind, and a strong one hit. Worried that he was gonna fall off the edge along with the bathroom! Otherwise shakes were a normal thing, growing up in Taupo eruptions too, is weird to now live somewhere without these things! Edit; living in Hamburg, I get a good reminder of the weather but it isn't quite the same as Windy Wellington with the sideways rain! 😂

@Vexarax 2 жыл бұрын

Kiwi here. I was taught that the first European woman to arrive on these shores (aside from Dutch shipwrecks from the past etc) was a convict who stole a scarf and was sent to New Zealand as part of the punishment, lol. Never heard of this particular convict though - looking forward to learning about him!

@ashleelarsen5002 2 жыл бұрын

Tony is a GEM you'll love him :)

@geoffbell166 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of escaped convicts were sealers and whalers on the coast in early 1800s,some were dropped off on islands down south for years and abandoned...

@ashleelarsen5002 2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffbell166 did you hear about that ship they found last week "Endurance" ?? Freaking fascinating 🌼

@geoffbell166 2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleelarsen5002 Shackletons crushed on the pack ice ?

@ashleelarsen5002 2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffbell166 no everyone survived!!! It's a great story :)

@tauiraclay4235 5 күн бұрын

The old buildings, streets, shops. History magnificent ❤

@tauiraclay4235 5 күн бұрын

So miss Wellington, my dad lived there. Moved in with him as a teenager. Best time of my life❤

@giselematthews7949 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when Tony Robinson was in Blackadder.

@jellybean1962 2 жыл бұрын

I love time team, nz history, so this is fantastic! Born and bred in wellington, live in Taranaki.

@ruthanneseven 2 жыл бұрын

What about the famous Vampires of Wellington? The Werewolves?

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

WHAT??!! Would you share the sightings there?

@juliaforsyth8332 2 жыл бұрын

The "we're Werewolves not swearwolves ' mob or something different?

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 жыл бұрын

Peter Jackson's company town. Scary.

@beanclan12345 2 жыл бұрын

How can't I have found this channel earlier

@alink5918 2 жыл бұрын

Tony should have signed his old costume.

@Mellcula 2 жыл бұрын

Heh, pretty sure the road over from mine is named after the Wakefields.

@EmberMoonprincess92 2 жыл бұрын

Paddy is the kiwi version of hachiko

@peckishgremlin929 2 жыл бұрын

I love how excited he is in beginning about the front of the parliament building lol

@next2normal 2 жыл бұрын

Might be time for a Blackadder update

@liquidfox2796 2 жыл бұрын

T-Rob knows what's up.

@richardsingh5827 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the dogs understand the story

@gingercat 2 жыл бұрын

I hope that lady he scratched behind the ears was his wife or something. :D Or at least that he got permission.

@Crustdaddii 2 жыл бұрын

Are we going to dismiss how sprite Tony is in these shows?

@BakaNekoSakku 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's right Pavalova belongs to New Zealand!

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 жыл бұрын

Baldrick!

@bitoudaisaku8303 2 жыл бұрын

Yoo

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 жыл бұрын

a comment

@TheVelvetLoungeLife 2 жыл бұрын

You mean like, cheated, tricked, murdered and stole from the land original people.

@the-based-jew6872 2 жыл бұрын

Conquered*

@Elowuz 2 жыл бұрын

@@the-based-jew6872 he sold more land than there actually was. He was a scammer

@AyeGee721 2 жыл бұрын

We got it back though. Local Wellington Iwi is truly well off.

@seanmcmullen4274 2 жыл бұрын

you must be fun at parties

@AyeGee721 2 жыл бұрын

I wish people would shut up about 'colonisation'. Just enjoy what Wellington is today. And this is coming from a Maori!

@archimedesbird3439 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not buying the story about the mutt