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The Crown in New Zealand
Television (Full Length) – 1970
He found New Zealanders calm, law-abiding and industrious, and heard no trace of a local accent in their speech. In short he thought New Zealanders very British, describing them as 'enthusiastic but restrained'.– From the narration, on Prince Edward's 1920 tour
12,000 miles from the motherland, she is not among strangers. She has come to her New Zealand home.– How Queen Elizabeth II's arrival was announced in 1953
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