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In 1973 Prime Minister Norman Kirk announced that the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi would be a national holiday called New Zealand Day. The inaugural 1974 day featured a royal entourage, was watched by 20,000 people and screened live for TV. Excerpts include the Aotearoa pageant (from giant moa to the Age of Aquarius, including kapa haka, settler cabaret, and Howard Morrison as Kupe), and Kirk’s iconic — and more enduring — speech. The day’s unifying ambitions were curtailed by the next (National) Government who renamed it Waitangi Day.
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Excellent program. Can you tell me about producer Ian Richards
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Television, 1973 (Full Length)
Episode looking at Kirk's first days in office
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Features a recreation of the signing of the Treaty
Short Film, 1953 (Full Length Episode)
The Queen's coronation is celebrated in this earlier newsreel
Television, 1998 (Excerpts)
The aftermath of the Treaty
Television, 1973 (Full Length Episode)
Another famous address from a New Zealand Prime Minister
Television, 1973 (Full Length)
Norman Kirk interviewed by David Frost
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Alister McFarlane
Posted at 07.37PM - 18.09.2012
Ian was a school teacher before joining NZBC around 1964-5 He lived on the Nth shore of Auckland and was a councillor in a local Council, possibly Northcote. TV was largely live in those days, Ian later became station manager in the Hamilton studios of NZBC and then took the same position in Christchurch when the little Hamilton studio was closed during the SPTV days. He was the local producer / manager for the telethon in both places.