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New Zealand’s economy is in serious trouble in the first episode of this award-winning drama series about The Great Depression. An ailing Prime Minister and a weak government seem powerless in the face of a downward spiral caused by rising unemployment and falling export prices. Meanwhile, the plight of a boot maker seeking work while people are being laid off all around him, and a jeweller struggling to keep his business afloat and food on his family’s table bring home the human cost and social divisiveness being caused by the worsening crisis.
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Television, 1971 (Full Length Episode)
Newsreel footage of New Zealand in the 1930s
Television, 1984 (Full Length Episode)
Social unrest in the lead-up to The Waterfront Dispute in the 1950s
Television, 2000 (Excerpts)
Memories of the Queen Street riot during the Depression
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Another 1970s historical drama written by Michael Noonan
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Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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