The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) invites you to step into a time machine with an entertaining snapshot of transport issues in the Wellington region, nearly 40years ago
with the movie screening of –
“Notes on a New Zealand City”.
September 22nd 12.15 – 1pm
New Zealand Film Archives
NZ Film Archives 84 Taranaki St
Entry by koha
We hope the movie will offer some insight in to the past of transport planning in New Zealand, while providing some thought provoking ideas for the future.
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“Notes on a New Zealand City” (42mins) - Produced by the New Zealand National Film Unit in 1971 for the Ministry of Works this documentary questions the changes the motor car has brought to the way of life in Wellington and the surrounding suburbs; the challenges facing public transport, the pressure to build motorways and the economic and social implications of suburban growth. Full of great footage of Wellington life in the 1970s, planners and economists speak of the tensions caused by the motorcar on the life styles of those who live in the Wellington area in a way that is an uncanny echo of the challenges we face today.