In this eight-part series, Simon Dallow takes viewers on a journey back in time to the earliest stages of Maori and Pakeha occupation of New Zealand. Along the way he'll debunk myths, solve riddles and shed new light on our collective beginnings. Investigating ancient immigrant communities and prehistoric natural disasters, What Lies Beneath will bring a whole new perspective to New Zealand's past.
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Air Date: 2011-01-01
The Boxing Day tsunami had many of us wondering 'could it happen here?' Geologists and archaeologists argue that it a...
Air Date: 2011-01-08
Swamps and wetlands can be places of mystery, dense and forbidding. But these hidden corners can be treasure troves f...
Air Date: 2011-01-15
Under Auckland's Bastion Point lies a labyrinth of tunnels built in the 1880s as part of the city's defences. It's al...
Air Date: 2011-01-22
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Air Date: 2011-01-29
In the late 1800's thousands of Chinese gold seekers were lured to our shores, by the promise of easy pickings in the...
Air Date: 2011-02-05
At the mouth of the Buller River, archaeologist Richard Walter is excavating a site that dates from the archaic perio...
Air Date: 2011-02-12
Construction of Wellington's controversial Inner City Bypass will destroy an historic part of Te Aro. But first, the ...
Air Date: 2011-02-19
Simon Dallow joins a team of archaeologists who have converged on one of the best preserved whaling stations from the...