| Uniform Title |
New Zealanders (Television program) |
| Title |
The New Zealanders. Season 1. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Dreamscape Media, [2022]. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (371 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Dreamscape Media : 810071444470. |
| Originally broadcast in New Zealand during 2022. |
| "Explore New Zealand with season one of this travelogue series."-- Cover. |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Melanie Rakena. |
| Summary |
The New Zealanders is a beautifully shot travelogue series introducing us to some of the quirkiest locations and heart-warming characters throughout New Zealand. Meet New Zealand's most remote family who lives 100km from the nearest shop, and at 68 years old, the Taranaki grandmother who is a 4th Dan black belt in Taekwondo. Former oil field worker Mike is a collector of classic Mustang cars, yet wheelchair-bound Shirley prefers her collection of more than 2,000 horse ornaments. Local celebrities, The Patea Maori Club, also appear and talk about "Poi E," the song that put them on the map. The series also covers conservation in New Zealand, with a couple who built their own house, complete with a grass roof in central Otago. Self-confessed tree-hugger Bob created his own forest while another family built their own power station. And finally, take a tour with a smaller island's sole policeman, and meet the Air Chathams' chief pilot who owns a 1950s flight simulator the size of a house. On the even more remote Pitt Island, visit the country's most isolated school and a 7th generation farming family, the Gregory-Hunts, who raised eleven children there. |
| Target audience note |
E. Exempt from classification. |
| System details |
DVD video ; widescreen. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
| Subjects |
Conservation -- New Zealand |
| Maori (New Zealand people) -- Social life and customs |
| Television series -- New Zealand |
| New Zealand -- Description and travel |
| New Zealand -- Social life and customs |
| Genre |
Travelogues (Television programs) |
| Documentary television programs |
| Television series |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Rakena, Melanie producer, director. |
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