Public Address | OurTube | National identify in TV promos

Sam F

Sun, 13 May 2007 09:55:57 +1200

I can't watch the first video without thinking of EML's tribute to New Zealand violence a while back.

Jolisa

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:44:08 +1200

...or footage of a grotesquely crowded shopping centre on a weekend, New Zealanders of every creed and race trooping in ovine fashion from one shop to the next, only pausing for an expertly brewed short black and a $4 slice of ginger crunch?

What always strikes me about these sorts…

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:44:22 +1200

These days, it seems a little odd to focus so much on the pride of NZ industry stuff like the oil wells and steel mills and tractors

There are still oil wells and steel mills and tractors around today, but I wonder what elsewould be featured if a similar film…

B Jones

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:52:21 +1200

Wow. It's like watching those L&P ads, but real. As an addict of early morning kids' tv in the mid to late 80s, I saw that first clip many times. It gave me a huge advantage when people started the bilingual national anthem at sports matches.

These days, it seems a…

Nobody Important

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:53:47 +1200

yup it was Annie and Bunny!

Jackie Clark

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:06:01 +1200

Thanks, Robyn. I remember those very well – lovely.

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:37:46 +1200

I remember a version of the national anthem clip where you actually saw all the singers and a choir performing the song – more a music video.

From memory, the female singer was indeed Annie Crummer, but I think the male singer was Bunny Walters. I don't know who the…

David Ritchie

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:11:48 +1200

If I recall correctly, the second voice in the the first clip was Frankie Stevens, and the third was Howard Morrison?

Is the first Annie Crummer?

Graeme Edgeler

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:13:18 +1200

Me too Compie.

And let no-one say our national anthem is uninspiring ever again – it can be sung incredibly well...

Compie

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:42:12 +1200

Wow

what was it about those jumping sheep, etched in my brain. What a great campaign, I haven't seen it in years but I could remember nearly every scene that was coming up next.

Cheers for these.

Kumara Republic

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:58:06 +1200

If I recall correctly, the second voice in the the first clip was Frankie Stevens, and the third was Howard Morrison?

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:06:15 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-r_PutRulM

Discussion about the This is New Zealand film got me thinking about its influence on visual depictions of our national identity, particularly old TVNZ channel promos.

The frist clip is the national anthem that started the day in the late '80s and possible the '90s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytQp0MaReM

And this one…