Kia Ora Bonjour - Part One

Howard Morrison visits France for the first time in this two-part Kiwi production, made to mark the bicentenary of Bastille Day. His tour of French culture begins on the Champs-Élysées on the big day itself, then ranges from Napoleon to Notre Dame, with visits to the Musée de l’Homme to see taonga, plus crepe-flipping and Parisian cabaret (where he belts out a song onstage). When the Māori leaves Metro range, it’s fishing in Neuvic and ‘Pokarekare Ana’ accompanied by accordion. In Corrèze he meets another Kiwi, and uses a minitel (an early version of the world wide web).

Go anywhere in Paris and the past is there to see: it speaks to you.

– The narration

Key Cast & Crew

Howard Morrison

Presenter

George Andrews

Director

Dale Bradley

Producer

Lindsay Dawber

Research

Peter Carrington

Assistant Camera

Karen Thomson

Associate Producer