Landmarks

July 12, 2019

By AHNZ

Landmarks (1981) is a brilliant 10-part New Zealand history documentary written and presented by Kenneth Cumberland. It is also a book.

I love this old series and have studied the material closely. Being 40 years old liberates the material greatly from Politically Correct and Statist History that clouds modern thinking. John Hurley and I asked TVNZ, NZ On Screen, Ministry of Culture and Heritage etc if they would please share the documentary but all to no avail. So, I’ve gone ahead and started adding them to the AHNZ Youtube Channel.

This page is to be a little online shrine to this great personal account of New Zealand’s history. Least we forget.

Episode 1- A Land Apart

Episode 2- The First Footprints

Episode 3- Ready for the taking

Episode 4- The Pastoralists

Episode 5- Go North Young Man

Episode 6- The Bitter and the Sweet

Episode 7- Nature Fights Back

Episode 8- The Main Trunk Line

Episode 9- Towns and their Times

Episode 10- The Journey Ahead

Playlist

Mini Landmarks

Landmarks: Longbeach

William Hamilton and the Jetboat

New Zealand Energy: Our Coal Wealth

Fletcher’s Company

1979: Abbotsford Slip

Head Auctioneer

The Riddle of the Moa

Maori Carvings

Moa Hunters

Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter

Milking Sheep

First Four Ships

The Deans Brothers

Landmarks: Wigley and Wigley

Landmarks: Shacklock

Landmarks: Pulling the Wool over Wakefield’s Plan

From Moa Hunter Culture to Classic Maori Culture

From Moa Hunter Culture to Classic Maori Culture 2

The Long Depression

Rewi’s Last Stand

Alexandra Redoubt

Denniston’s Fate

Firth Tower

Chew Chong

From the War to the Wopwops

Church of St Michael and All Angels

The Christchurch Club

Waikouaiti

Fervor for the Great War

The Myth of Kupe

First Great Migration

Underscrubbing

Aotuhia

Playlist

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See also Landmarks; NZ On Screen (contains episodes 1 and 8)

See also Ken Cumberland; Wikipedia

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