New Zealand Maritime Memories

Running time 69 minutes + two bonus features

Total running time: 100 minutes

Price: $20

Produced as the final program in the New Zealand Transport Memories series - which includes Classic New Zealand Aviation, The New Zealand Railways Story and New Zealand Road Memories - this looks at several of the vessels that voyaged around New Zealand in past years, and the types of traffic they carried.

In a country surrounded and dominated by the sea, shipping has long been a fundamentally important form of transport in New Zealand - this program revisits it during the golden age.  Included are colour scenes of the apple ferry (the Zephyr II) between the Nelson Region and Wellington circa 1953, various Union Steam Ship Company ships, the coaster Breeze recorded in 1948; special-purpose ships to serve off-shore oil drilling rigs, and more.

Includes two bonus features on Lighthouses of New Zealand filmed in the 1950s and 1960s.