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Learning about city manners, 1967

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This video clip shows a police officer Tata Parata talking to young Māori students at Wellington Polytechnic, who will have moved to Wellington from rural areas. He explains some differences in customs between people in towns and those in the country.

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Reference: To live in the city. National Film Unit, 1967

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Nancy Swarbrick, Manners and social behaviour – Cross-cultural manners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/39846/learning-about-city-manners-1967 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 25 July 2013.