The Valley Settlers

We harvest and plow and sow, and follow the seasons round. We keep pretty busy.

– Farmer Duncan summarises life in the valley

The valley settlers are the descendants of men who came from England and Scotland to establish new communities. In little patches of land, like the valley, they’ve settled and made farms ... Their valley will be known by these families, the group of people who are making a new community — the valley settlers.

– The narrator espouses the virtue of the area's British farm settlers

Although fictional, this story is typical of the many similar farming communities in New Zealand.

– The written introduction to this short film