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The far out meets the Far North in director Florian Habicht's tribute to a community of characters drawn together by a desire to demolition derby. Behind the bangs, prangs, and blow-ups, the heart and soul of a small town — Kaikohe — is laid bare. “Having work as generous and high-spirited as Kaikohe Demolition on the programme makes my job so easy it's embarrassing!”, Bill Gosden, Director of International NZ Film Festivals, 2004. Note: the second clip is a subtitled version of the mud-splattered motorhead-delighting film.

Background

A Perspective by Costa Botes 03.10.2008

There's a scene in Kaikohe Demolition when a character deepens the treads in his tyres ... with a chainsaw. If anything can claim, through sheer metal-toothed wit and left-field thinking, to liven up the tired ‘No.8 fencing ...

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Credits (4)

 Florian Habicht
 Marc Chesterman
 Christopher Pryor

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Comments (7)

 Paul Ward

Paul Ward | website

@Steve: you can order Kaikohe Demo on DVD (click the 'buy' tab below-right of the player for vendors) or you can simply forward this url to your brother-in-law and he can watch it streaming in full, for free, right here :)

 steve headland

steve headland

is there anywhere this can be bought or down loaded have a brother in law in the states who would like it

 shreds

shreds

AMAZING! 100% kiwi culture at its finest!!

 Tim

Tim

LOve it

 nick

nick

where can i get a copy, I live in the UK

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I'm happy that my Dad left me a legacy behind bro, I'm sorry it wasn't a Subaru Legacy. 
A blimmin' good place to come out to and have a soak, after a hard day at the Kaikohe Track.