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- Title
- Godzone Sheep
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This thoughtful yet humorous documentary offers a wry tribute to New Zealand’s wooliest residents. With sheep outnumbering people, it's hard to ignore their influence. Through interviews with Chris Knox, John Gordon, Dick Frizzell, Michael Parekowhai and others, it pulls the wool away from New Zealanders’ eyes to poke fun at Aotearoa’s much-ridiculed relationship with sheep. From artists' images and souvenirs, to pet sheep and tourist sheep shows, these woolly icons have shaped the country’s ...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1995
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/godzone-sheep-1995
- Related subjects
- federated farmers / country calendar / shearing / tourism / rural / cultural icon / ewe / ram / sheep / souvenir / souviner shops / new zealand / nz identity / new zealand identity / farming / agrodome / agrodome sheep show / rotorua / tourists / tourist attractions / merino / sheep shearing / shearer / animals / farm animals / cultural identity / queen street / national icon / sheep farmer / yanny split / david geary / chris knox / colin hogg / harley churstain / brian chamberlain / michael parekowhai / captain james cook / captain cook / colonisation / lamb / mutton / artists / musterer / mustering / 1995 / 1990s / nineties / wool / merino wool / woolmark / a dog's show / sheep dogs / animal trainers / animal training / pets / sheep farmers / theatre / play / playwright / wearable arts / fashion show / fashion design / footrot flats / butchery / butcher / toy love / abattoir / bad taste / peter jackson / the lamb of god / docking / tail docking / animal husbandry / mark reihana / graeme ross / peg harvey / costa botes / cilla block / adele block / carmel mcglore / timothy bartlett / digger balme / james delaney / caroline girdestone / john gordon / ivan bowen / godfrey bowen / ross macmillan / dick frizell / harry orsman / dog's show / arnold roe / harry cummins / shepherds / tourist attraction / james cook / bible
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