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- Title
- Colonial House - First Episode
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This Touchdown reality series puts a Kiwi family in the shoes of a family of 1852 English immigrants to Canterbury. The challenge for the Huttons is to see if they have the 'pioneer spirit' and can live with colonial clothing, housing and food for 10 weeks. From a gentler, non-competitive era of reality TV, this first episode sees the Owaka family of six (including baby Neil) experience six days of life on a settler ship – seasickness, food rations, restrictive clothing and bedding and chambe...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2003
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/colonial-house-episode-one-2003
- Related subjects
- braces / seasick / sea sick / jenny may / kerry mccarthy / glenys mitchell / policeman / south otago / music teacher / onedin line / the onedin line / spartacus / aram khachaturian / ross hutton / emma hutton / ian hutton / neil hutton / dorothy hutton / hairgel / otago / maritime museum / historic places / colonial / settler / canterbury / breastfeeding / chamber pot / toothbrush / sailing ship / immigrant / porridge / nz maritime museum / new zealand maritime museum / brigantine / brigantine breeze / nz on air / new zealand on air / owaka / ferrymead / colin amodeo / 1852 / 1850s / voyage / new country / forefathers / back in time / pioneering / pioneer / social experiment / 2002 / corset / bonnet / hardship / immigrants / social etiquette / rules / time travel / diary cam / food rations / petticoat / bow / confined space / nausea / parasol / settlers / english immigrant / colonisation / colonialism / new zealand colonial history / family / 2000s
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