Ian Johnstone travelled around the country to present a personal view of New Zealand and the people who lived there in the late 1970s
1) Rolling Our Own: It takes time to roll your own but you think about what you're doing and it's more satisfying and dis- tinctive Ian Johnstone looks at Kiwis doing things their way from working bees to Parliamentary petitions and wonders whether we are losing the knack of "rolling our own".
2) Staking a Claim: To the Māori, the land is the Earth Mother; to most Pakehas it is the basis for a multi-million dollar industry. These attitudes still divide New Zealanders - what is their chance of staking a claim together?
3) A Century of Wendelkens: For little Maria Richmond, home is suburban Wellington; for her mother and grandfather, it is the South Island countryside, while great-grandmother Elsie Wendelken calls England home. The Wendelkens talk about the things that have happened to them, and to all the members of the New Zealand family.
4) Small-town New Zealand: If you're just passing through Oxford and that's what most people do you slow down to observe the speed limit, rather than the town itself. But behind its garden hedges and farm gates lives the community which keeps rural people in good heart small-town New Zealand.
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