This Traveltalk series short visit to New Zealand starts in Auckland, a bustling, modern city. Next is Christchurch, home of Canterbury University, where rowing teams participate in a regatta. Nearby is Lake Wakatipu, which inspires artists to put their impressions on canvas. We then visit Rotorua, a city famous for its geysers, hot springs, bubbling mud pools, and other geothermal activity. At Ferry Springs there is lots of trout for fishing. Later, a group of natives performs a canoe dance.
Cinematography
Technicolor landscapes that aged like fine wine.
Production
FitzPatrick's velvet narration is a lost art.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Traveltalks sold American audiences 'safe' colonial destinations; this episode skips Treaty of Waitangi entirely.
Canterbury University still rows; their 1952 boathouse is now a heritage site. FitzPatrick would've filmed your grandma's dorm.
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