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The Unauthorised History of New Zealand - Visitors (Episode One)
Television (Excerpts) – 2005
As a backward and stupid people, we cream ourselves over any form of royalty.– Jeremy Wells
So, why do visitors make us feel so uneasy? So insignificant?– Jeremy Wells asks the big questions
The Shah of Iran may have been a corrupt puppet of the American Empire, but he was a stylish corrupt puppet.– Jeremy Wells
Described by his own wife as a 'hard dog to keep on the porch,' President Clinton kept his plus sized predilections in check when welcomed by our most famous chunky honey — Jenny Shipley.– Jeremy Wells on President Clinton making his 1999 visit
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