Word: zealander
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Godfrey Rainbird, a 30-year-old British-born emigrant to New Zealand, is pronounced dead after a traffic accident. His wife prepares to don widow's weeds, his children begin to adjust as orphans, his sister flies from England for the funeral. A monogrammed casket is purchased, a cemetery plot arranged for, But there is no funeral. Thirty-six hours after his "death," Godfrey rises from a deep coma, a little shaky but quite ready to resume his life...
...filet steak Washington, for example, and a kangaroo-skin bush jacket for less formal dishes. He opens with a bit of humor or reminiscence, perhaps h;s somewhat askew impression of Terry-Thomas, perhaps some war stories about his days as chief catering assistant in the New Zealand air force. After that comes some pure kitsch. "Oh, I've got it all running down my chinny-chin-chin," he cries cutely as he savors a leg of lamb. "Oh, you're going to be so impressed with me," he coos as he peers at another of his chefs...
...less in common. Of the 28 Commonwealth members represented at the ten-day conference that ended in London last week, a majority no longer recognize Queen Elizabeth as their sovereign, several have left the sterling area, scarcely any regard their citizenships as interchangeable, and only two (Australia and New Zealand) still display the Union Jack on their flags. The only thing that seemed to unite them was that each had at least one grievance against the old schoolmaster, Britain...
Most African states were seething at British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's efforts to reach a settlement with Ian Smith's breakaway white regime in Rhodesia. Singapore and Malaysia deplored Britain's planned military withdrawal from points east of Suez. Australia and New Zealand were unhappy about London's hankerings to join Europe's Common Market, a move that would cost them dearly in tariff concessions. Four East African members that are anxious to get rid of their Asian minorities (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) were outraged because Britain was not willing to take them...
...KILLY STYLE (CBS, 5-5:30 p.m.). Gold Medalist Jean-Claude Killy takes viewers along as he skis some of the most difficult slopes in the world. First show in the series is a trip to New Zealand's North Island, where he skis down an active volcano. Premiere...