Burt Munro

And so, yeah, it really doesn't feel like it was that long ago.

David, when we look at the books that you have done in this series of notable New Zealanders, the notable picture books, Mother of the Nation, Fina Cooper, Long Walk for Justice, and First to the Top about the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, Speed King, Burt Munro, I just want to get this other one in, Hero of the Sea, Sir Peter Blake's Mighty Ocean Quests.

How do you, and I know this is possibly an impossible question, but I've just had it in my head for days.

How do you decide what stays in and what remains out of the book? How do you make that final edit? Does it take a lot of time?

I booked Invercargill.

I like Burt Munro, so I booked a show in Invercargill just so I can go see Burt Munro's house.

Anyone knows Burt Munro? I didn't know that.

No one knew that, yeah.

Is that why we can't do the calculus? They don't know that.

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What's that Burt Munro movie? The Fastest Indian.

The Fastest Indian.

It's in that.