The Enduring Land - Home Away From Home

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The Enduring Land - Home Away From Home

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This episode of documentary series The Enduring Land uses a mix of narration and reenactments to explore New Zealand's earliest agricultural activities. It covers a bitter rift between Māori and Pākehā fired by a colonial "thirst for land", and the country's first shipment of refrigerated meat in 1882. It's the story of two topographies: the growth of sheep stations on the South Island plains, and vast burn-offs in the hilly north, clearing bush for railway lines and farmland. Dutch-born pres...

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Video

Date created

1990

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/enduring-land-home-away-from-home-1990

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