A video about tourism in Christchurch. The video includes interviews with tourists Silke Winterfeld and Mathias Rauh from Germany, Paul and Val Bucknell from Melbourne, Matt and Sarah Edwards from the United States of America, Geoff and Barb Wagner from Adelaide. It also includes interviews with walking guide Veronica Shepherd, and Robin McCarthy from Christchurch Tours.
RWP reporter/director Brent Hansen (later head of MTV Europe) visits the South Island: checking venues, talking to local luminaries, catching live bands and generally taking the pulse of the local music scene. Flying Nun is on the rise (and just starting to attract international attention) although none of the label's major acts are playing near the RWP cameras. Christchurch is in flux waiting on the next big pop act to emerge, while Dunedin is a hive of activity with a new generation of Flying Nun acts starting to come through. Then there's Crystal Zoom...