Rolleston, South Island, NZ
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A member of Frocks on Bikes and RPS
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The Mainland Touch was a popular regional news magazine programme broadcast from Christchurch between 1980 until 1990. In excerpts here, Christchurch Botanic Gardens welcomes the arrival of spring with a daffodil festival while local gardening groups prepare a floral carpet. The Wizard of Christchurch battles Telecom over the colour of phone boxes and joins opponents of a proposed restaurant tower in Victoria Square. Punting on the Avon is extended, and a cockatoo hitches a ride in the garden city.
This edition of the long-running National Film Unit magazine series goes from south to north, then loops the loop. In Christchurch the cathedral and its history are toured and a service for Queen Elizabeth II is shown. Then there’s international get-togethers: a “Jaycees” congress in Rotorua; then Massey, for a Grasslands Conference. At Milson Aerodrome legless British war-hero Douglas Bader is amongst the attendees at the world’s first International Agricultural Aviation Show, and top-dressers demonstrate their “need for speed” skills above a hill country farm.
Blog by Debbie Roome
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
A table showing CERA's operational expenditure.
An infographic showing migration from Christchurch.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
The newly renovated Library Undercroft.
A map showing rezoned properties.