Poet Sam Hunt goes "between islands" on a home turf tour. To a back drop of languid 'good day' Strait's scenery he yarns with locals about stories of land and sea, and recites poetry: "[it's all about just] standing back and listening ... or watching". He chats with Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, goes groper fishing off Mana, and hears of a plan to float on a flax ''flutterboard" across the Strait. He gets himself across via ferry for whaling stories at Oxley's Rock pub and meets boatbuilders and Cape Jackson farmers. Includes (brutal) archival whaling footage.
South Star Films
french pass, d'urville, fishing, whaling, boatbuilding, pub, farming, mana island, poetry, sheep, paremata, kapiti, cape jackson, te rauparaha, whaling in cook strait
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