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Pavlova Paradise Revisited - First Episode

2002 Television
  • Documentary
  • NZ History
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Before he was a British MP Austin Mitchell spent time downunder, where he was a well known NZBC broadcaster in the 1960s. In 1972 he finished bestselling book The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise, a satirical commentary on all things Kiwi. In the first part of this three-part series, Mitchell returns south to clock the changes. He begins at Otago University, where he lectured in the 60s, and notes a new Pākehā view of their history. Mitchell then talks wine with actor Sam Neill in Central Otago, and en route to Christchurch meets some uniquely 'mainland' entrepreneurs.