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New Zealanders volume 4
Language
English
Description
At 68, Taranaki grandmother is a 4th dan black belt in tae kwon do while former oil field worker Mike is a collector of classic Mustang cars. Wheelchair-bound Shirley has a collection of more than 2,000 horse ornaments and famous boatie Happy Chaddy and his mini-me apprentice explain their love of the sea. The Patea Maori Club also appear and talk about Poi E, the song that put them on the map.
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New Zealanders volume 6
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English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Rotorua, including a coffin-making midwife, some souped-up good Samaritans, big-hearted bush boys, and a cop with a mighty chop.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 3
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Invercargill, Tapanui, and Gore, including a singer, a swinger, and a couple of straight-shooting cowboys.
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New Zealanders volume 2
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Whangamata and Waihi, including a storytelling sculptor, a hometown hot-rod hero, and a senior who's turned to ink.
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New Zealanders volume 1
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Motueka, including a pair of twisted twins and a team of mature marching girls.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 8
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions on the banks of the Whanganui River, including a protective potter, a classic parts curator, a grand old lady, and a nun who's having the last laugh.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 7
Language
English
Description
There may be a desert road running through it but there is plenty of life in the Central Plateau. People with a passion for dinasaurs, pens, art, rugby and Russia. A wild west town in the middle of nowhere with inhabited by Cowboys and Indians and what really happens under the pool table at the grand old Chateau.
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New Zealanders volume 5
Language
English
Description
In mid-Canterbury, meet the maker of the country's best sausage rolls, enjoy an evening with Lynda Topp, her new wife Donna and Donna's rising country star son Cameron, and have a heart-wrenching encounter with nurse Marg, whose husband was killed in the Christchurch earthquake.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 6
Language
English
Description
Take a tour with the islands' sole policeman, meet the Air Chathams' chief pilot who owns a 1950s flight simulator the size of a house and visit a sacred grove of ancient hand-carved trees with Moriori descendant Shirley. On even more remote Pitt Island, visit the country's most isolated school (number of pupils: 7, 3 of them the principal's children) and 7th generation farming family, the Gregory-Hunts, who raised 11 children there.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 3
Language
English
Description
Duck shooters gather at dawn at the White Horse Hotel in central Otago town Becks while, at Miller's Flat, meet a couple who built their own house, complete with grass roof. Further down the line, self-confessed tree-hugger Bob created his own forest while another family built their own power station.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 5
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions on the Banks Peninsula, including a family of penguin farmers, a mail carrier who's going places, and a rubber-burning botanist.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 4
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Waimate, Temuka, and Timaru, including a frightening farmer, a pair of sweetheart Samaritans, and a street cleaner with quite the collection.
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New Zealanders volume 7
Language
English
Description
The New Zealanders meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Mangawhai, including a fabulous former farm boy, a swamp kauri sculptor, a bee-keeping broadcaster, and a community of whirling absurdisms.
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Series
New Zealanders volume 8
Language
English
Description
Meet the happiest pig in New Zealand, a pensioner so organized she has already painted her coffin, the owner of the country's largest garden ornament, and a regiment of beautifully painted soldiers.
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New Zealanders volume 2
Language
English
Description
Meet the proud residents Gisborne suburb Kaiti, shed a tear with Bill of Mahia who first made friends with Moko the dolphin ("he gave me a seahorse"), whet the taste buds with gold medal piemakers James and Dave (creators of a pork belly, apple and fig pie) and go skating with a bunch of Napier roller derby girls.
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