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“A documentary sequel to Kiwiana in which the distinctiveness of New Zealand culture is explored. Chris Knox and Bic Runga describe the struggle Kiwi singers face in avoiding imitation American and British accents; food writer Lois Daish and anthropologist Helen Leach tell how afternoon tea became a cornerstone of the Kiwi way of life; and Ray Edmonds offers little-known facts about the Edmonds Cookbook.” from the New Zealand Listener
Opening titles; Gary McCormick on Kiwi popular culture; Speech - clip from movie ‘End of the Golden Weather’ and director, Ian Mune; Elizabeth Gordon, linguist; radio clip of Arnold Wall, 1951; clip from television ‘Billy T James Show’, 1985; Allan Bell, linguist; clip of Sir Bernard Ferguson opening Broadcasting House, 1968; clip of Bill Toft, NZBC News,1966; Angela D’Audney; Ian Mune; clip from ‘Pukemanu’ ; Ginette McDonald; clip of 'Lynn of Tawa’; Tony Holden, producer ‘Shortland Street’; Lynn Grant, English language teacher; Xiao Ning Yu, student; Ian Mune.
Robert Leek, linguist; clip from television ‘Billy T James Show’, 1985; Phillip Adams, broadcaster / filmmaker; Chris Knox, Bic Runga, musician; Elizabeth Gordon, linguist; Gary McCormick on rural background; fencing contest; No 8 fencing wire - Owen Drake, wire marketer; Felix Davy, retired fencer; Colin Culshaw, fencing competition judge; Barry Quayle, manager, National Fieldays; Nick Perry, sociologist; Michael Findlay, curator, Otago Settlers Museum; ‘Ode to the Chair’ by G Matheson read by Ian Mune.
Barry Quayle, manager, National Fieldays on popularity of inventing things; Don Heaslip, inventor; Prill Puffer (weed sprayer) and inventor Laurence Boocock; Rosie Speedy on weed guard; fashion using farm materials; Chainsaw Sculpture; Noel Ardern, Rotorua Carving club; Ross Jones, president A & P show, Mackenzie Country; Ray Leslie, historian; Ian Gould; Nick van der Sande; Roy Meares, creative partner, Meares and Taine; Nick Perry, sociologist; .
Food; Gary McCormick; Helen Leach, anthropologist, on afternoon tea; Lois Daish, food writer; Tony Simpson, social historian; Henry Shacklock, inventor of oven; Ray Edmonds, grandson of TJ Edmonds, inventor of baking powder; Margaret Phillips; NZ Supreme Pie awards; Ray Walker, master baker; Catherine Saunders; Victor Talyancich, Ponsonby Pies shop; .
Clip from the ‘Graham Kerr show’; Ian Mune; Stuart Warner, Melvin Evans, kumara grower; Kumara king and queen competition; Lorna Eastwood, judge, kumara cooking competition; Dell Wihongi on importance of kūmara to Maori; Suzanne Thom, Town House homestay; American visitors; Gary McCormick.