Car backing along street then driving off, passengers waving. Large group of people in walking clothes walking up hill past the camera. Long view of Mount Taranaki. Large high waterfall, Dawson Falls, emptying into a pool. People gazing up at the water fall. Three women and two men walking arm in arm down hill. Profile of the group with Taranaki in the background. Alternative views of Dawson Falls. Woman leaning over a pool drinking from the water. The group picnicking in the grass. [The filmmaker] and friends walking towards the camera.
AA sign for Lower Glenn Rd and Kaupokonui Beach.
Cars parked on a field, towels draped off extremities. Large group of people seated at a table beneath an awning. Barefooted man fashioning a stake with an axe. Group of young people pose for the camera. Rounders with a makeshift bat on the grass beside Kaupokonui Beach. Slow and fast motion action shots. Men and women swimming across the mouth of Kaupokonui River. A dozen smiling men and woman run past the camera in their swimsuits. Playing in the surf with boards.
Hanger No.1, Hawera Aero Club. Crowds gather about Kingsford Smith’s Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane, The Southern Cross. People in the crowd crane their heads to see Kingsford Smith on a podium, introduced by a member of the Aero club. Starting the engines of the Fokker. Taxiing.
Sign reads: “Altitude 3100ft. Dawson Falls Hostel.” Mouth Taranaki shrouded in snow. Skiers carrying their skis up hill. Woman walking towards camera with her skis. Skiing. Woman eating lunch on the deck of the hostel. More skiing. Man skis into bush. Ski races. Woman applying sunblock to another’s face. The favour is returned. Speed skiing.
Sheep shepherd down road, Mount Taranaki in afternoon sun behind them in an idyllic shot. Various views of the mountain.