The Citizen's Handbook
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Foreign Affairs
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode of the series sees Robbie lying about Nuclear Free New Zealand, while James Roque discusses the Mau movement in Samoa.Watch the vide...
Managing the Economy
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TPPA... CPTP... What does it all mean? Tom Sainsbury explains while Robbie lies about the GDP. We look into how a recession and hyperinflation is avoi...
The Market
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robbie looks at the "special token" system that was introduced - replacing the traditional Māori trade system - and what the rules are and how the go...
The Court System
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Not only is Alice Snedden a comedian, but she also has a law degree! This episode finds Alice showcasing her skills while Robbie tries to lie about ca...
Law Enforcement
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robbie informs us of the generations of New Zealand police. From the Armed Constabulary in the 1800s to the New Zealand Police Force of today. Comedia...
A Bill Becomes a Law
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get parliament to do what you want it to? Before a law is a law, it's a bill; and before a bill is passed, it goes through a select committ...
The Constitution
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get five million people in New Zealand to cooperate? Robbie delves into the basic rules and conventions of how a government works, and expl...
The Settler Government
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How did the New Zealand Government come to be? Robbie talks us through how the 1852 New Zealand constitution gave settlers the right to create laws to...
The New Settlers
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
True or false? The man who colonised New Zealand kidnapped a 15-year-old girl, and plotted colonisation while in prison. Find out when Pax Assadi and ...
Tangata Whenua
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's The Citizen's Handbook! A game show where comedians try to separate fact from fiction. Episode one kicks off with Robbie Nicol trying to trick co...
Introducing: The Citizen's Handbook
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand civics is filled with the weird and wonderful, which leads us to the Citizen's Handbook podcast, a show which finds Robbie Nicol competing...