The third series of Making New Zealand celebrates the struggles and enterprise of our predecessors who built New Zealand from the ground up, telling their stories through archive stills and footage, personal accounts, as well as commentary from experts and historians. This series celebrates the vision, the skill, and the sheer determination that made our country. Each episode tells the amazing stories behind some of our most important industries – from farming, the backbone of the New Zealand economy for many generations, to the burgeoning tourist industry, once maligned by government and now our biggest foreign earner. Episodes like Broadcasting and Manufacturing discover how Kiwis looked to the rest of the world and improved, not simply imitated, the global trends.

The second series of Making New Zealand celebrates the struggles and enterprise of our predecessors who built New Zealand from the ground up, telling their stories through archive stills and footage, personal accounts, as well as commentary from experts and historians. The series focuses on each of the following industries: construction, aviation, forestry and mining.

The second series of Making New Zealand celebrates the struggles and enterprise of our predecessors who built New Zealand from the ground up, telling their stories through archive stills and footage, personal accounts, as well as commentary from experts and historians. The series focuses on each of the following industries: construction, aviation, forestry and mining.

The second series of Making New Zealand celebrates the struggles and enterprise of our predecessors who built New Zealand from the ground up, telling their stories through archive stills and footage, personal accounts, as well as commentary from experts and historians. The series focuses on each of the following industries: construction, aviation, forestry and mining.

The second series of Making New Zealand celebrates the struggles and enterprise of our predecessors who built New Zealand from the ground up, telling their stories through archive stills and footage, personal accounts, as well as commentary from experts and historians. The series focuses on each of the following industries: construction, aviation, forestry and mining.

Sometimes it’s good to stop and think about everyday things. Where would we be without hydro-schemes to provide our power, roads, railway lines and bridges to move people and goods around the country? Making New Zealand is a four-part documentary series that shares the stories of local men and women who envisaged and created our major infrastructure projects and communication networks. Each episode acknowledges and celebrates those workers who took on major challenges to build these vital elements of modern life.

Sometimes it’s good to stop and think about everyday things. Where would we be without hydro-schemes to provide our power, roads, railway lines and bridges to move people and goods around the country? Making New Zealand is a four-part documentary series that shares the stories of local men and women who envisaged and created our major infrastructure projects and communication networks. Each episode acknowledges and celebrates those workers who took on major challenges to build these vital elements of modern life.

Sometimes it’s good to stop and think about everyday things. Where would we be without hydro-schemes to provide our power, roads, railway lines and bridges to move people and goods around the country? Making New Zealand is a four-part documentary series that shares the stories of local men and women who envisaged and created our major infrastructure projects and communication networks. Each episode acknowledges and celebrates those workers who took on major challenges to build these vital elements of modern life.

Sometimes it’s good to stop and think about everyday things. Where would we be without hydro-schemes to provide our power, roads, railway lines and bridges to move people and goods around the country? Making New Zealand is a four-part documentary series that shares the stories of local men and women who envisaged and created our major infrastructure projects and communication networks. Each episode acknowledges and celebrates those workers who took on major challenges to build these vital elements of modern life.