Wayne Tourell

A behind the scenes shot from 1987 series Steel Riders: from left to right, dialogue coach Shirley Duke, director Wayne Tourell and actor Fraser Stephen-Smith.

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Wayne Tourell as Hortensio in a half-hour TV version of The Taming of the Shrew. Filmed in Christchurch in late June 1963, it was one of the earliest locally shot plays to screen on New Zealand television. The first was Al Flett's All Earth to Love, which screened in January 1963.   

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A shot taken in the town of Stillwater: the director's chair for Wayne Tourell, which travelled across New Zealand during the six-month shoot for Tourell's passion project Hanlon.

Photograph by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Brian Walden

Reynolds Television buisness card. From left to right, director Wayne Tourell and cinematographer Malcolm Ferguson.

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A shot taken during filming of the Emmy-nominated Minnie Dean episode of Hanlon. Atop the crane is camera operator Michael O'Connor. The scene was shot on the Weka Pass Railway in North Canterbury.

Photograph by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell

Rehearsals for The Taming of the Shrew: from left Lionel Rogers (as Vincentio), Jennifer Barrer (Katherina), Wayne Tourell (Hortensio) and Mervyn Glue (Petruchio). Shot in the cramped Christchurch studios of CHTV-3 in June 1963, the half-hour Shakespeare adaptation was one of the earliest locally-shot dramas to screen on NZ television.

The Producers' Course of 1970. From left, back row: Peter Sharp, ?, Donald Hope Evans, Wayne Tourell, Alan Lyne, John Whitwell, Michael Noonan, and Bob Blair. Front: David McPhail, Peter Coates, Roy Melford, Murray Reece and Mike Mune.

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The Hanlon crew filming outside the Parliamentary Library.

Photograph taken by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell

A behind the scenes shot taken near Dunedin, for 1985 TV series Hanlon. Cameraman Michael O'Connor is hanging off the car, while actor Bill Ewens is behind the wheel. In the back seat are soundman Neil Newcombe and director Wayne Tourell (half obscured).

Photographer: Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell

Extras on the set of Hanlon.

Photograph taken by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell

A behind the scenes shot from 1975 anti-drink driving campaign drama On The Day, directed by Wayne Tourell, cinematographer Malcolm Ferguson middle left.

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The Moriori village recreated on the Chatham Islands for 1980 documentary Moriori. The replica waka kōrari, a Moriori wash-through raft, was built by Murray Thacker from Okains Bay Museum, who died in 2017.

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Wayne Tourell grabs a rare quiet moment, while directing Feltex-Award-winning documentary Moriori (1980).

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Behind the scenes at the Moriori village built for 1980 documentary Moriori. Graham Smith is behind the camera. Director Wayne Tourell sits to his right, with his arm out, then sound recordist Rod Wilson (standing), writer/producer Bill Saunders (in white) and Margaret Solomon, a grandchild of the last full-blooded Moriori.

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Behind the scenes at the Moriori village constructed for Moriori at Rēkohu in the Chatham Islands.

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