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Thumbnail from title in Kiwi Ingenuity | NZ On Screen
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Kiwi Ingenuity

Kiwi Ingenuity

'Number 8 wire' Kiwi ingenuity is defined by problem solving from few resources (No. 8 wire is fencing wire that can be adapted to many uses, an ability that was particularly handy for isolated NZ settlers). Embodied in heroes from Richard Pearse to PJ, Kiwi ingenuity is a quality dear to our national sense of self. It has been memorably celebrated, and sometimes satirised, on screen. Ian Pryor speaks with inventor and Country Calendar 'Spoof' creator Burton Silver on creativity in this background article.

 

Country Calendar - Spoofs Special

Television, 1999 (Full Length)

Britten - Backyard Visionary

Television, 1994 (Full Length)

Richard Pearse

Television, 1975 (Full Length)

Good Taste Made Bad Taste

Short Film, 1988 (Excerpts)

The Adventure World of Sir Edmund Hillary - The Kaipo Wall

Television, 1974 (Full Length Episodes)

This is Your Life - AJ Hackett

Television, 2007 (Full Length Episode)

Forgotten Silver

Television, 1995 (Excerpts)

The World's Fastest Indian

Film, 2005 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)

Peter Snell, Athlete

Television, 1964 (Full Length)

Landmarks - A Land Apart

Television, 1981 (Full Length)

Series

Let's Get Inventin'

Television, 2006–2013

Rutherford of Nelson

Short Film, 1972 (Full Length)

Kaikohe Demolition

Film, 2004 (Full Length and Trailer)

Jet Boats in New Zealand

Short Film, 1961 (Full Length)

Flip & Two Twisters

Television, 1995 (Full Length)

Series

Fast Forward

Television, 1985–1989

Seven Black Robins

Television, 1981 (Full Length)

Pioneer Women - Ettie Rout

Television, 1983 (Full Length Episode)

Series

Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger

Television, 2011

Three New Zealanders: Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Television, 1978 (Full Length)

Cowboys of Culture

Television, 1990 (Full Length)

Architect Athfield

Television, 1977 (Full Length)

Deer Wars

Television, 2007 (Full Length)

Pictorial Parade No. 35

Short Film, 1955 (Full Length)

Inventions from the Shed

Television, 2000 (Full Length)

Shearing Technique

Short Film, 1958 (Full Length)

Allan Wilson: Evolutionary

Film, 2008 (Full Length)

Flight of Fancy

Short Film, 1987 (Full Length)

Behind the Bull

Short Film, 2000 (Full Length)

Jack Brown Genius

Film, 1995 (Trailer)

The New Adventures of Black Beauty - The Birdman

Television, 1990 (Excerpts)