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Episodes and Stories 8
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Te Radar's Chequered Past The Great Unknown
Episode 4Te Radar joins Thomas Brunner, his Maori guides, their wives and Rover the dog on their epic 550-day trek. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Political Chops
Episode 8Te Radar celebrates some of our finest politicians, including cut-price butcher and teller of tall tales Jackson Barry. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Derring Do
Episode 6The daredevil feats of Charles Lorraine, our first aeronaut, who performed gymnastic stunts while dangling from a parachute. Plus a host of other daring kiwis who risked life and limb. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Foolhardy Conflict
Episode 7The rather poorly Dr Isaac Featherston is livid when his Māori War commander General Chute picks a fight with the New Zealand landscape, spurring Featherston to consider mutiny. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Highwaymen
Episode 5It is 1892 and Taranaki is plagued by a spate of highway robberies by one of our most inept criminals, the masked Taranaki Highwayman. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Ballad of the Burgess Gang
Episode 3Te Radar steps back in time to meet a gang of goldfield killers led by Richard Burgess. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Safety First
Episode 2Te Radar joins Minister of Public Works Bob Semple as he directs the creation of one of the most fantastic machines ever built in this country to ensure our safety. -
Te Radar's Chequered Past Beautiful Dreamers
Episode 1Te Radar celebrates the true stories of New Zealand history that history tried to forget, with re-enactments featuring some well-known faces.