Spectrum 783. Beside the seaside

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Year
1993
Reference
15037
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1993
Reference
15037
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:31:13
Credits
RNZ Collection
Jerome Cvitanovich, Interviewer

Jerome Cvitanovich joins holidaymakers at Tahunanui beach's Tahuna Holiday Park near Nelson.

[Programme introduction begins with Lyn Williamson’s song, ‘Family at the beach’.]

Cvitanovich describes the 55 acres of motor camp originally developed in 1937 from a bequeathed reserved by the Nelson Council and Automobile Association.

Actuality from the camp ground office, interview with the traffic site officer and interview with the camp manager, Barry Lane as he does his morning rounds (includes camp rules). Interviews with campers as they watch the Fire Brigade attend to an incident in Block Four’s boiler room - they reminisce about their early days of camping at Tahunanui.

A resident of E Block describes a typical blissful day in camp, veteran caravaners from Christchurch explain what draws them back year to year and actuality from O-Block as the camp manager, police and security keep an eye on the growing number of young campers gathering on New Year’s Eve.

Interview with two parents of young children keen on ‘The Big Dig’ treasure hunt and sand castle competition on New Year’s Day down on the beach. Camp manager, Barry Lane gives a young man his marching orders and invokes a two-year Trespass Act after four complaints from fellow campers in O-Block.