Jenifer Roberts

James Edward Fitzgerald was a remarkable and influential figure in early New Zealand life. Audio

A series of tragedies hit the Fitzgerald family hard. Audio

Skirmishes breakout in Taranaki and Fitz continues to push for a more enlightened approach to dealings between the state and Maori. Audio

Fitz shocks members of parliament with a remarkably progressive speech seeking to consolidate the rights of the "native population". Audio

Fanny's discontent grows as Fitz immerses himself ever deeper into politics. Audio

Fitz is called to Auckland for the first sitting of parliament but finds a shambles and his old enemy Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Audio

Fitz and fanny get established on the land but before long he is drawn into public life. Audio

Fitz and the other immigrants endure the hardships of their passage to New Zealand. Audio

Fitz is an intimate riveting biography revealing as never before the life and times of James Edward Fitzgerald the first Canterbury pilgrim to set foot in New Zealand, the first leader of the general… Audio

Fitz is politically rehabilitated and shifts his family to Wellington. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 14 June 2014 Audio

Historical biographer and author of a number of books, most recently Fitz: the Colonial Adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald. Audio