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Globe Trekker: New Zealand [VHS]

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This is an episode from the TV series (depending upon your location, called "Lonely Planet", "Globe Trekker", or "Pilot Productions").
You can see more about it at http://www.globetrekkertv.com
This episode covers travels on the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand.
Your travel host is Ian Wright (a truly zany bloke).
Focus is on travel-on-a-shoestring methods, and off-the-beaten-path sights, and gives you a realistic sense of "being there".
Locations visited: [North Island] Auckland, Maori meeting house in Matauri Bay, Bay of Islands, Rotorua volcanic area, crossing at Wellington; [South Island] Christchurch, Queenstown, and Fox Glacier.
Although funny as ever, this episode was not able to thorougly cover many worthy sights in a (what is for most people undexpectedly) large country.

In a nutshell: He travels 1/2 way around the world to go show us the bars and thrill rides of New Zealand and only mentions in passing the things that someone would really want to go to New Zealand to see.
If you really want to see a show about New Zealand, forget this one. If you want to see a show about bars, why not just go to a local bar?

I saw this episode on the television. Ian was obviously bored stiff traveling in NZ.

I am looking into emigrating to New Zealand and will watch pretty much anything covering it. They completely skipped Wellington (on the NORTH island, folks) which was disappointing, but there was enough to keep me interested. Definitely focused on traveler's needs, not immigrants of course!

Also check out Billy Connolly's (the stand up comic) tour of New Zealand. In between his routines, he does the sights. He is much more familiar with the place than Ian is.

There is also a documentary on walking the Milford Track, beautiful. Unfortunately I don't know the details on finding it.

I saw this epidosde on TV thought they did a great job!

This couldn't be much worse. It was more about the host trying to convince you that he was cute than about New Zealand. A wasted hour.

Cheaply shot, unflattering look at New Zealand. I was thinking of going there, but not after viewing this poor production. (Apparently the place is really pretty, but it doesn't come through on this DVD.)