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Caravan Companions: Happy Days in New Zealand
(1963)
“A caravan tour for the over sixties. This leisurely film was designed to interest retired Americans but is now being well received in Caravan Clubs in the USA.”
Ten retired American couples spend 8 weeks taking 5 motor holiday-homes on a 1,000 mile journey from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South in this promotional holiday film.
The film promotes not only NZ as a fabulous holiday destination, but also the friendliness of New Zealanders, NZ roads, food and exports. It is riddled with facts and figures.
Places and events visited include: Auckland, Kaitaia, the Bay of Islands, Waipoua Kauri forest, Tauranga Port, Wairakei Geothermal Project, Rotorua, Ngaruawahia Regatta, New Plymouth, Mt Bruce native bird reserve, the golden sheers contest, Wellington, Christchurch, Erewhon station, Moeraki, Waikouaiti, Dunedin, Invercargill, Bluff, Southland, Fiordland National Park and Orakei Marae.
“Altogether we found New Zealand a truly unspolit country with inspiring natural beauty, a mild climate, unpolluted air and an abundance of fresh water. A healthy uncrowded place to live in, or to enjoy a motor holiday.”