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Episodes and Stories 16
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This Town Out the Back
Season 1 , Episode 5In 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. -
This Town Round the Mountain
Season 1 , Episode 4Wheelchair-bound Shirley has a collection of more than 2000 horse ornaments. Famous boatie Happy Chaddy and his mini-me apprentice explain their love of the sea. -
This Town Central
Season 1 , Episode 3Duck shooters gather at dawn at the White Horse Hotel in central Otago town of Becks. Then meet a couple at Miller's Flat who built their own house, complete with a grass roof. -
This Town The Plateau
Season 1 , Episode 7There may be a desert road running through it but there is plenty of life in the Central Plateau. People with a passion for dinosaurs, pens, art, rugby and Russia. -
This Town The Chathams
Season 1 , Episode 6Take a tour with the Chatham Islands' sole policeman, meet 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. -
This Town The Coast
Season 1 , Episode 1Travel to the South Island and meet the best of the West Coast. -
This Town Through the Bays
Season 1 , Episode 2Meet the proud residents Gisborne suburb Kaiti, and shed a tear with Bill of Mahia who first made friends with Moko the dolphin. -
This Town Sulphur City Soul
Season 2 , Episode 7Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Rotorua, including a coffin-making former midwife, some souped-up Good Samaritans, big-hearted bush boys, and a cop with a mighty chop. -
This Town The South of the North
Season 2 , Episode 8Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Mangawhai, including a former farm boy, a swamp kauri sculptor, a bee-keeping broadcaster, and a community of absurdists. -
This Town Head of the Bay
Season 2 , Episode 2Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Whangamata and Waihi, including a story-telling sculptor, a hometown hot rod hero, and a senior who's turned to ink. -
This Town Edge of the Bay
Season 2 , Episode 1Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Motueka. -
This Town A River Runs Through It
Season 2 , Episode 5Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions on the banks of the Whanganui River, including a protective potter, a classic parts curator, and a nun who's having the last laugh. -
This Town South of the South
Season 2 , Episode 3Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Invercargill, Tapanui and Gore, including a singer, a swinger, and a couple of straight-shooting cowboys. -
This Town Life on the Crater Rim
Season 2 , Episode 6Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions on Banks Peninsula, including a family of penguin farmers, a postie who's going places, and a rubber-burning botanist. -
This Town Under a Big Sky
Season 1 , Episode 8Meet Giggles, the happiest pig in New Zealand, and Mary, a pensioner so organised she has already painted her coffin. -
This Town Passion on the Plains
Season 2 , Episode 4Meet some of the locals pursuing their passions in Waimate, Temuka and Timaru, including a frightening farmer, a pair of sweetheart Samaritans, and a car-collecting street cleaner.