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New Country - New People
Short Film (Full Length) – 1978
New Zealand had promise and the rush from the great colonising powers of Europe was on.– From the narration
Malmanche was so disappointed he took a deep and desperate vow that never until he had seen France again would he trim his beard.– Narrator Sam Neill, on a French settler's view of Godzone
The lifestyles that the immigrants imported from Europe often had one thing in common: wine.– From the narration
He has no doubts about his future: he’s here to stay. Twelve years ago, aged 18, he arrived in New Zealand from Holland via Indonesia. With him he had two suitcases and $25. This is now his own farm …– A Dutch dairy farmer lives out the settler narrative
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Collection
The Sam Neill Collection
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Series
An Immigrant Nation
A later series looking at NZ settler groups
Architect Athfield
Another NFU documentary directed by Sam Neill
Here to Stay - The English
Later series exploring NZ settlers
Sleeping Dogs
Sam Neill starred in this
Cinema of Unease - A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Directed by Sam Neill and Judy Rymer
The Unauthorised History of New Zealand - Visitors (Episode One)
A more irreverent look at NZ history
Children of the Migration
Later migrants to NZ
Flare - A Ski Trip
Another Sam Neill-directed NFU film
Neighbourhood - Hastings (Series One, Episode Eight)
Another series involving NZ immigrants
The Piano
Sam Neill acting in a very different look at colonial NZ
Encounter - I Think I Go to New Zealand
Documentary on a Dalmatian immigrant to NZ
Tribute to Queen Sālote
Also filmed by Kell Fowler
Pictorial Parade No. 36
Includes a story on immigrants on ship the Southern Cross
The Hard Stuff With Nigel Latta - The New New Zealand
Nigel Latta discusses immigration in Aotearoa
The New Old - Full Series
Wallace Chapman explores Aotearoa history to examine the...