Good to see the Marina out and about. Will have to see if there's an Auckland branch of the MECCNZ.
I wonder if the Ital was brought out by NZMC to evaluate for local assembly? Station wagons were big sellers back then, the Marina wagon was very popular, and they might have wanted to compare it to the forthcoming Honda Civic wagon, before deciding which one to assemble locally. iirc there was one in the British Car Museum selloff, so possibly that one.