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Dean Mills joined New Zealand's second television channel in 1978, straight from school. After six months dragging cables around, he moved into camera work. Over eight years he was behind the camera on everything from wrestling (On the Mat) and concert specials (Live on Mainstreet), to an unforgettable interview with Muhammad Ali. Mills has never left technology totally behind: since moving to Sydney in 1986, he has worked in management positions for technology companies Jenoptik, r2p Group and CNS Precision Assembly.

Screenography

Hui Pacific - Episode
1984 Camera Television
Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band
1984 Camera Television
Hui Pacific
1983 - 1984 Camera Series
Shazam!
1982 - 1987 Camera Series

“In the 1970s and 80s technology was basic, clunky and heavy as hell. But it was the dawning of an era, being new to colour, new to slow motion replays, new to handheld cameras. On reflection it was the best job I ever had — well apart from the pay that is.”

— Dean Mills on his time as a cameraman

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Dean Mills in 1978, behind a Marconi Mark Vlll camera
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Dean Mills visits TVNZ's Auckland studios in Hobson Street, in 2015
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Dean Mills catches up with TVNZ camera colleagues in 2023, at TVNZ's Hobson Street base in Auckland; from left to right Mills, Nick McPhee, Peter Dunne and Malcolm Saunders.
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