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 Holiday for Susan
 This Is New Zealand
 Loose Enz - The Venus Touch
 The Lost Tribe
 Gloss - Episode One
 Ruby and Rata

Synopsis

This off-the-wall comedy of errors — from the Loose Enz series — sees hapless tour operator Graham (Ian Watkin) and his wide boy driver Ron (John Bach) lead a busload of international visitors (well) off the beaten trail. It neatly skewers clichéd promotional travelogue commentaries (with Sibelius never far away) and takes broader shots at the tourists’ various cultural stereotypes. With Graham well-meaning but dim, and Ron too busy looking after number one, Graham’s mum (a formidable Yvonne Lawley) and enterprising local Iwi come into their own as hosts.

Credits (15)

 Murray Reece

Murray Reece
Director, Original Story

 Tony Isaac

Tony Isaac
Producer

 Michael Noonan

Michael Noonan
Writer

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Comments (1)

 Geoffrey Tompsett

Geoffrey Tompsett

Posted at 10.04AM - 06.04.2011

Thanks NZOS

This is very funny. Laugh at yourselves stuff which makes fun at many things at the same time.

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Quotes

We made two hundred million dollars last year out of tourism. Four hundred thousand tourists, All I want, Ron, is our fair share. 

– Graham Goulden (Ian Watkin)

Things are really looking up for the boy since he got out of show business. I told him that African musical wouldn’t work. Not in our winter. 

– Graham’s mum (Yvonne Lawley)

Well, as you must have worked out, we didn’t quite get down that time. Don’t worry. We’re giving it another go. I haven’t lost one yet. Touch wood. 

– the pilot, on landing at Wellington Airport