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Intertitle: “New Zealanders take pride in the part they play in supplying the country they call home with high quality products. We here tell the story of New Zealand meat and its journey from sunny meadows to Homeland markets in modern British ships.”
“As there were originally no animals in New Zealand, the abundance of fish was of great importance to the Maori people. It was left to Captain Cook, upon his arrival in 1769, to land the first live-stock.”
A Maori couple in traditional dress prepare a fish for eating on a beach. A large flock of sheep walking through a river bed and hillside, lambs feeding at their mother. Intertitles tell of the healthy conditions under which the sheep live, the history of New Zealand sheep exports and the popularity of the meat in England. Sheep graze in front of snow capped mountains. A still of The Dunedin, the first ship to carry mutton to the northern hemisphere. A freighter at Port Chalmers in Dunedin. Scenes depicting the ‘beauty’ of New Zealand include people swimming at lake Wakatipu in Queenstown; the Southern Alps and Franz Josef Glacier. Sheep are transported to the meat works and their carcasses are inspected and then frozen. Intertitles explain the regulations regarding meat and describe the processes of exportation. Beef and pork industry is then looked at briefly. Meat is packed onto a ship.