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Kia Ora Bonjour - Part Two

Television (Full Length) – 1990

Riding the Silver Fern was never like this!
– Morrison on riding the TGV fast train
So maybe I thought culturally our people may not be too far apart? They seemed to appreciate the welcome. What they probably didn't realise is that their visit is only the latest in a long line of French arrivals in New Zealand. In fact the first Europeans to ever get to know the Māori in New Zealand were French.
– Howard Morrison watches the French rugby team hongi on arrival in Rotorua
Like all the French, Antoine is fond of life's comforts.
– Narration