Kiwi readers will know why I’ve posted this. Brits might need to read the blurb below.
The Goodnight Kiwi was an animated short used to signal the end of the nightly broadcast on Television New Zealand channels, before they went 24hrs. It aired from 1980/81 till October 19, 1994. It’s a classic. Also, the song playing is a instrumental arrangement of traditional Maori song, “Hine e Hine” composed by Fannie Rose Howie (1868-1916) in 1905.
(P.S this post has now appeared on several TV shows featuring articles on You Tube. Close Up with Susan Wood (TV 1), Sky News Australia, and TV 3 News.)
Aww thats pretty ace. Rather bizarre signature/thing at the end of the video though?!
Not sure what that’s about. Looks like some sort of code – or possibly braille – on someone’s arm, which has probably seen better days.
But the Goodnight Kiwi’s worth having. I think I’ll watch it at the end of a long night on the laptop before I go to bed.
Love it! I don’t think I ever saw it when it was on – too late and I was too little.
PS It’s Close Up :)
Good catch – that was a quick cut and paste from the YouTube site. Fixed now.
Right, I’ve thought about this for a couple of days now, but I still haven’t figured out out yet, so I have to say this: I’m a Kiwi reader and I don’t know why you’ve posted it.
(Or am I thinking too hard and it was just one of those “hay guyz look wot i found on youchoob” posts?)
Yep – you’re suspecting depth when actually there was just nostalgia. No coded message here. Just ‘look at the cool thing I found on YouTube – doesn’t it remind you of the old days when we used to watch telly?’