Charlotte Badger's guest appearances

Charlotte Badger

Nine To Noon

Black Sheep

A Murderess Affair

John Cullen

Stewart Smith

Patrick Heenan

Amy Bock

Roy Courlander

Cyrus Haley

Richard Burgess

Arthur Desmond

Syd Ross

Robert Logan

Andreas Reischek

Arthur Worthington

Joseph Burns

Hongi Hika

Alice Parkinson

OwlTail

Not much is certain about the life of Charlotte Badger, one of the first Pakeha women to live in New Zealand, but many stories have been woven about her over two centuries. A young Charlotte was arrested for the crime of 'housebreaking' in her native Worcester, sentenced to death and sent to the penal colony of New South Wales in the early 19th century. Upon her release, she's aboard a ship when its crew mutinies - and ends up living among Maori in the Bay of Islands. Through some excellent historical detective work Jennifer Ashton has unpicked what we know for sure about Charlotte from the legends that have sprung up about her. Her book is Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger and Jennifer joins Kathryn to explain what she managed to learn about Charlotte.

Unravelling the mystery and history of Charlotte Badger

Charlotte Badger was one of the first European women to live in New Zealand. She was also a pirate... or at least that's the traditional story. In this special episode of Black Sheep, recorded live at Charlotte's Kitchen restaurant in Paihia, William Ray and his historian guests Jennifer Ashton and Kate Martin investigate Charlotte's pirate mystery.

Pirate Mystery: the story of Charlotte Badger