Best of the 70s
Curated by NZ On Screen team 16 items
This collection celebrates the best of 1970s television, film and music video — highlights include Top Town, Grunt Machine, and Close to Home.
From “By hokey!” to “Jeez Wayne!”
The decade of fondue and flares also cooked up colour television. Our black and white living room icons — from Selwyn Toogood to Space Waltz — melted into a Kiwi kaleidoscope of Top Town, Grunt Machine, and Close to Home. And 'our stories' and rights fights — Springboks, hīkoi, nukes and Vietnam — echoed on-screen (Sleeping Dogs, Tangata Whenua). Presenter Roger Gascoigne takes a nostalgic trip through a complex decade. Ready to roll?
