Secondary Schools:
Geography Screening Menu

Screening programmes are available in the following topic areas supporting topic coverage in NZQA and NCEA prescriptions. These are suggested topic areas only – requests are catered for on an individual basis. Stand alone titles from our Catalogue can also be requested - go to the Catalogue for full coverage of Film Archive holdings.

Most current Geography programmes have become titles in the new ON DISK library for secondary school loan. All titles however can be screened and guided by teachers from the Film archive team.

For ON DISK titles as screening options at the Archive mediaplex, refer to the ON DISK

Living on the Faultline: An Historical Geography of Wellington 1840-2000

The changing face of Wellington 1840 to the present. Newly formatted programme that expands earlier compilations on a multi-chaptered DVD. Looks at early settlement, portside, expansion into the greater Wellington region, new subdivisions, transport, the redevelopment of the CBD and the attitude of Wellingtonians to their place from the grey sixties to the absolutely positive present.

Travelling Through Time

The Fisher Monoplane in flight (1913). NZFA Stills Collection

Roading and transport in New Zealand — a 20th Century perspective. Across the mountain passes by horse-drawn coach, trams, Richard Pearce, the Fisher Monoplane, ferries, flying boats, steam trains, the early tourism network, river boats on the Wanganui, dual purpose bridging, wharfside, the Hamilton jetboat, the main highway network in the 50s, the rural workhorses, changing freight methods from 1970 to 1990. The progression, pace, and effects of roading and transport in New Zealand from 1900 to today.