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EPISODE · Oct 11, 2025 · 1H 22M

Professor Atholl Anderson

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For decades Ngai Tahu archaeologist and historian, Professor Atholl Anderson, has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific, the first arrivals of Māori in Aotearoa and their early encounters with Europeans. His great, great, great grandmother married a sealer, and their first home was on Whenuahou, Codfish Island, and his father, John Anderson, was raised in the Scottish Highlands. Professor Anderson says his career 'chose me' and 'what you do in your life is determined by factors beyond your control.' Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

For decades Ngai Tahu archaeologist and historian, Professor Atholl Anderson, has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific, the first arrivals of Māori in Aotearoa and their early encounters with Europeans. His great, great, great grandmother married a sealer, and their first home was on Whenuahou, Codfish Island, and his father, John Anderson, was raised in the Scottish Highlands. Professor Anderson says his career 'chose me' and 'what you do in your life is determined by factors beyond your control.' Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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