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Living in New Zealand - Folklore
Television (Full Length) – 1970
The city roar is in my ears, the glare is in my eyes, yet in my heart I long to see those sunny central skies...
– Local farmer Ross recites his poem Down a Country Road I Know, as Phil Garland grabs his guitar
The New Zealand Folklore Society was founded in the city of Wellington in 1966. It was organised mainly by folk revival singers and musicians, a few of whom had prior experience collecting songs and other folklore . . . members collected folklore of various kinds, published a journal, and promoted songs within the folk movement . . . Decling membership led to the disbanding of all branches in the mid-1970s.
– Folk music expert Michael Brown in the Journal of Folklore Research, May-December 2007 (Volume 44, Nos 2/3)
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