GLIMPSES OF NEW ZEALAND: NORTH ISLAND SCENES NEW ZEALAND

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Year
1929
Reference
F15351
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1929
Reference
F15351
Media type
Moving image
Series
glimpses of new zealand
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:02:40

A promotional tour around the Taupo and Rotorua regions.
Shows the main bath building in Rotorua, boiling mud and geysers, Fairy Springs, the Chateau hotel and skiing on Mt Ruapehu, waterfalls atLake Waikaremoana and fishing on Lake Taupo.

00:02 “Rotorua, centre of New Zealand’s great geyserland is also a world famous health resort”.
00:08 “The main bath building in the spa’s extensive ground”.
00:17 “The palisades of a Maori village beside the geyser valley”.
00:23 “Among the spouting geysers and boiling mud”.
00:39 “Fairy springs - crystal waters teeming with rainbow trout”.
00:48 “Lake Taupo, covering 238 square miles, provides superb trout fishing and ideal surroundings”.
01:10 “A 13 1/2 pound Rainbow”.
01:14 “Nearby, in Tongariro National Park, the luxurious chateau stands amid towering volcanic peaks”.
01:28 “Fun and frolic on the snow clad slopes”.
01:42 “Lake Waikaremoana, the forest fringed “sea of rippling waters”.
01:57 “The Aniwaniwa and Makan falls tumble toward the lake”.
02:12 “Through the beautiful gorges of the Wanganui River”.
02:37 NZ Government Publicity emblem