Postcard for The Birth of New Zealand (1921)

Postcard featuring an image of a printed handbill for the 1921 film The Birth of New Zealand. The advertisement reads: "TOWN HALL, Saturday, February 18th at 2.30. This picture deals with the first 25 years of the doings of our early settlers, and includes all the historic and traditional events which occurred in the years 1840 to 1865...Showing Captain Cook's Discovery--His greeting by the Maoris and his subsequent death at Hawaii. Treaty of Waitangi: Hone Heke's declaration of war on the Pakeha by cutting the flag pole at Kororareka. The First Maori War: The Government Ball and the incidents that led up to the acquiring of the South Island. Captain Stanley: Arrives at Akaroa and hoists the British flag a few hours before the arrival of the French. The Gabriel's Gully Gold Rush: The Bushranging scenes in Otago Goldfields, with its mining paraphernalia complete. The Cobb's Coach Hold-Up And As fine a story woven into the picture as has ever been put into a photo-play. Stella Southern as Dorothy, Norman French as Tom Campbell. A Picture Classic With An Educational Value That All New Zealanders Should See." Taken from the Edwin Coubray Collection, The New Zealand Film Archive. Reverse is blank.

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection