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The Shipwreck series told dramatic stories of mystery, heroism and tragedy at sea while exploring some of the notable shipwrecks in NZ's maritime history. Stories in this series include The Boyd (featured in the excerpt above), The Orpheus and The Ariadne. Tales of buried treasure, massacre, death and survival are evocatively retold, and presented by actor Paul Gittins. The Greenstone Pictures production won Best Information Programme at the 2000 Qantas Media Awards.
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This is a great resource for the NCEA Year 13 History course. Thanks for putting it on NZ on Screen. We really appreciate it.
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Television, 1998 (Excerpts)
A Greenstone doco on a tragic accident
Television, 2000 (Full Length)
A doco about the sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov
Television, 1999 (Full Length)
Another series presented by Paul Gittins
Television, 1974 (Full Length)
A ship is successfully inserted into a bottle without wrecking
Television, 1996 (Excerpts)
A Greenstone documentary about the story of the Rose Noelle
Television, 1992 (Full Length Episode)
Featuring Gittins as Dr Michael McKenna
Film, 2003 (Full Length)
Features a search for the wreck of the General Grant
2000 Qantas Media Awards
Best Information Programme
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
This website has been made with funding from NZ ON AIR ›
Dave
Posted at 03.17PM - 08.01.2011
Will the rest of the series be available to watch here?