Outram is a rural suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, with a population of 880 as of June 2023. It is located 28 kilometres west of the central city at the edge of the Taieri Plains, close to the foot of Maungatua. The Taieri River flows close to the southeast of the town. Outram lies on State Highway 87 between Mosgiel and Middlemarch.
Henry Gifford Vivian was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1931 and 1937.
The villages and then city that lay at the head of Otago Harbor never existed in isolation, but have always been a staging ground between inland Otago and the wider world. While Dunedin's current official city limits extend north to Waikouaiti, inland to Middlemarch and south to the Taieri River mouth, this articles focus is the history of the Dunedin urban area, only mentioning Mosgiel, the Otago Peninsula, Port Chalmers and inland Otago for context.
Union Airways of New Zealand Limited was New Zealand's first major airline. It was founded in 1935 by local shipping giant Union Company. Its services reached main centres from Auckland to Dunedin and extended to Gisborne and the West Coast of the South Island. Union Airways was instrumental in the establishment of Australian National Airways and TEAL.
Mary Edith Scott was a New Zealand novelist, teacher and librarian. She was a prolific writer who specialised in romantic comedies set in rural New Zealand, and her books were widely read both in New Zealand and overseas. From 1953 to 1978 she wrote at a rate of at least one book per year. She published over thirty novels, five detective novels written jointly with Joyce West, an autobiography, and three collections of plays.
Phar Lap's Son is a 1936 New Zealand film directed by A. L. Lewis. Only part of it survives. It was shot in and around Dunedin.
Under the Southern Cross also known as The Devil's Pit or Taranga, is a 1929 American drama film set in New Zealand, directed and produced by Lew Collins for Universal Studios, who also wrote the screenplay. Originally titled Taranga by the original director Alexander Markey, the film was completed by Collins and released as Under the Southern Cross in 1929. After the introduction of sound, the film was given a soundtrack and retitled as The Devil’s Pit in 1930. The film was shot on White Island, which has an active volcano.
Alexander Markey (1891–1958) was an American filmmaker and founder of Markey Films. He was born in Hungary and died in Switzerland.
Hei Tiki, also known as Primitive Passions and Hei Tiki: A Saga of the Maoris, is a 1935 American mock documentary film made in New Zealand by the eccentric Alexander Markey and released in America. The film gained notoriety in America for having scenes of nudity cut in various states.
The Wagon and the Star is a 1936 New Zealand film by producer and director J.J.W. Pollard, who also wrote the screenplay. Only one reel of the film and some out-takes survived and is considered lost film by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. The handbuilt camera used was built by Ted Coubray and "confiscated" by Alexander Markey on the set of Hei Tiki.
The Romance of Maoriland was a 1930 New Zealand film, intended to be New Zealand's first "talkie" film with Ted Coubray’s Coubraytone sound system, though also having intertitles. The film was registered with the Chief Censor on 14 August 1930, but was never released.
Lee M. Hill full name Leighton McLeod Hill was a New Zealand film-maker and cinematographer. He was born in Carterton, attended Carterton School and Dannevirke High School, and died in Wellington.
Hilda Maud Hayward was a pioneering New Zealand filmmaker. She is considered the country's first female camera operator.
Landfall is a 1975 New Zealand film directed by Paul Maunder. The film was first shown at the 1977 Wellington Film Festival.
The Last Tattoo is a 1994 feature film set in World War II-era Wellington, New Zealand.
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us is a 1995 New Zealand documentary film, directed by Gaylene Preston.
Zilch! is a 1989 New Zealand thriller, directed by Richard Riddiford.
