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Paintings by Japanese schoolchildren depicting their view of New Zealand without having seen the country. This is a competition sponsored by Qantas, NZBC, New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department and Mainichi Broadcasting, a Japanese organisation. The 8 winners (4 boys and 4 girls) win a trip to New Zealand - “Japanese - New Zealand Student Art Exchange”
Arriving in Wellington and meeting 8 pupils from Wellington Secondary Schools who will be their guides. Touring Wellington - Cable Car, “Broadcasting House an obvious stopping place”, Parliament, Alexander Turnbull Library, shopping in Willis St, National Museum.
Rotorua, Guide Bubbles, Māori concert, Geyserland Motor Hotel, Paradise Valley Springs.
On to a farm house tea at the Robert’s dairy farm in the Waikato, sheep shearing, apple picking, on to Auckland, panoramic views, visit to School of Fine Arts, meeting Sir Edmund Hillary and wife, barbecue of steak and chops, pavlova and fruit salad.
Flying to Christchurch, Mount Cook plane to Queenstown, back to CHCH to meet hosts from the Japanese Society, visiting boys school including art class, Tai Tapu Fernleaf Dairy Factory, bus ride around Port Hills.