Intrepid Journeys - Namibia (Jenny Shipley)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2008

I retired from politics in 2002 for the quiet life. So I asked myself, what on earth am I doing allowing cameras back into my world?
– Jenny Shipley is apprehensive about the film crew at the start of this episode

Half these guys are liquored up to the skin!
– Jenny Shipley arrives just in time for breakfast drinks

It reminds you that people are insignificant, and that landscape and the elements really have their own story. Makes you feel small, but special, being here.
– Jenny Shipley on top of the spectacular Dune 45 in the Namib Desert

As I've walked around the town today, I've been saying hello to people as I always do, and I've noticed that a number of the black people are surprised to be spoken to, and I fear that there's still quite an issue here.
– Jenny Shipley feels the effects of apartheid on Swakopmund, years after the racist policy was abolished in Namibia

All that work at the gym has paid off: my Everest. It's just lovely and I'm pleased with myself. There's been times in my history when I couldn't have done this.
– Jenny Shipley on top of the famed Dune 45 in the Namib Desert

I've been able to drop the title and the history of who I am, and be an ordinary person — with dust in my hair and stones in my shoes — and enjoy every aspect of it as just Jenny. And I've liked that very much.
– Jenny Shipley summarises her Namibia trip

I'm actually not sure what I'm doing back on camera again — that was one of the things that worried me about this trip. It's one thing to be in politics and be able to partly control at least what they film, albeit that you can't control what they say. Now I can control what I say, but not necessarily when we film...
– Jenny Shipley talks about appearing on camera

We are thinking that our culture is dying out. I'm afraid of this. People go to school and want to cut their hair in modern styles and wear modern clothes. The cultures dies a little with everyone.
– A member of the Himba tribe tells Jenny Shipley about the troubles his tribe face