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Hero image for Bungy Fishing - Instant Kiwi Attitude

Bungy Fishing - Instant Kiwi Attitude

Commercial (Full Length) – 1989

Man jumps off bridge, grabs fish.
– Director Lee Tamahori's description of the advert, quoted in 2009 book Reading Pakeha? Fiction and Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand, by Christina Stachurski

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