Kiwi Kids' Christmas

Television (Full Length) – 1997

It's a mix of heartache, happiness, hustle and haste as Kiwi kids hit the shops.
– Narrator Dean Cornish on Christmas shopping

Tonight I'm singing at a carol service held at the cathedral. It's for the public and I'm singing a solo. I'm a little bit nervous about that.
– Dudley from Christchurch on singing in the cathedral for Christmas

God is very important to me and to the Tongan community in Auckland.
– George from Auckland

While the rocks are heating up we got all the food prepared. We got all the potatoes and the kumaras, got the chicken ready, do the cabbage and even my uncle Tommy caught a pig for today.
– Christie from Opononi on preparing a Christmas day hāngī with her family (37:52)

Well Mum's originally from England so she believes in doing all the traditions, such as putting money in the Christmas cake, and Daddy thinks that people should stand up for the Queen's message and things like that.
– Sarah from Paihia on her family's Christmas traditions

Welcome to Christmas in a land where snow and holly give way to barbeques and long summer days.
– Narrator Dean Cornish, at the start of this documentary