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Amazing New Zealand!

Short Film (Full Length) – 1964

He taps around like a blind man with a stick.
– From the narration, on a Kiwi
It’s a gay city of trees of bright sunshine ...
– From the narration, on Auckland
On special occasions Māori New Zealanders get dressed up and give demonstrations.
– From the narration
A sweet sharp perfume tugs your glance upwards to what they call a cabbage tree. But it isn’t a cabbage at all, but the world’s largest lily.
– From the narration, on tī kōuka (the cabbage tree)
When they wanted flat land for commerce they filched it from the sea, and city streets follow the curve of the old beaches and bays.
– From the narration, on Wellington
These are the isles of astonishment, full of surprises, where nothing’s as you’d expect it to be.
– From the narration