Exploring the North Island of New Zealand, this footage focuses on Whakarewarewa – the living Maori village and the geothermal attractions of Te Puia, Rotorua.

The poultry farm at Werribee is the largest in the Southern hemisphere.

It was 70 years ago – on 10 September 1950 – that the 23-year-old Joan Sutherland won a major singing competition that helped set her on the road to international stardom.

Recording of Joan Sutherland performing ‘Dich teure Halle’ (Dear hall of song) from Act II of Wagner’s 1845 opera, Tannhäuser as the winner of the 1950 Mobil Quest.

Joan Sutherland performing ‘Devotion (Widmung)', composed in 1840 by Robert Schumann, at the 1950 Mobil Quest singing contest.

Harold Blair sings 'Maranoa Lullaby’ on an unreleased recording from 1950.

Summary by Brenda Gifford

In this mostly black-and-white cinema advertisement for Nestlé's packaged soups, entertainer Bobby Limb is a singing chef, impressing a table of guests for dinner.

This animated cinema advertisement for Aeroplane Pure Fruit Jellies shows Bertie the Jet taking part in a popularity air race around Australia.

This colour cinema advertisement by Litchfield Film Productions launches the new model Holden sedan, the 1956 FE. This clip shows the whole advertisement minus the opening and closing titles.

This television advertisement for General Motors Holden emphasises the Holden sedan’s suitability to the needs of the family.