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 Children of Fire Mountain

Series Synopsis

While convalescing down under Sir Charles Pemberton (Terence Cooper) schemes to build a thermal spa in the town of Wainamu c.1900. Conflict ensues as the spa’s planned location is on Māori land. The action is seen through the eyes of youngsters: hotelier’s son Tom, and Pemberton’s granddaughter Sarah Jane; who — along with an erupting volcano — eventually impart on Sir Charles a lesson about colonial hubris. The 13-part series was a marquee title from a golden age of Kiwi kidult telly-making: it won multiple Feltex awards, and screened on the BBC in 1980.

 
 

Series Notes

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Produced by

 South Pacific Television

South Pacific Television

 

Awards

1980 Feltex Awards
Best Drama
Best Script (Episode Five, written by Roger Simpson)
Best Actor (Terence Cooper) 
Stan Hosgood Award for Allied Craft: Logan Brewer (set designer) for Hunter’s Gold, Gather Your Dreams, Children of Fire Mountain and I Pagliacci