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A Moment in Time is an armchair interview with historian Michael King OBE filmed in 1991. King discusses his early influences, motivation, and distinctive publications. King died in a car accident with his wife Maria Jungowska in 2004, and his reflections in A Moment in Time are testament to the tragedy of that loss: "We've got to be able to trace our own footsteps and listen to our own voices or we'll cease to be New Zealanders, or being New Zealanders will cease to have any meaning."

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A perspective Tony Hiles 28.09.2008

A Moment in Time is nearly forty minutes of an archival armchair interview with author and historian Michael King OBE (1945-2004). It was filmed in 1991 (shot by Rewa Harre, directed by ...

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Available to purchase from the Filmshop.