20/20 - Rhythm and Vines

In 2003 a trio of Otago University students hosted a private outdoor music gig at Waiohika Estate, just outside Gisborne. Today the Rhythm and Vines festival is a hot ticket internationally, a three day event full of tents, beers and cheers. 20/20 goes behind the scenes in the dying days of 2010, as Rhythm and Vines attracts a record-breaking crowd of 25,000 people. Festival founders Hamish Pinkham, Andrew Witters and Tom Gibson have to solve last minute hiccups to pull off the party. Shihad front man Jon Toogood describes it as "the Big Day Out in a forest".

It's fantastic, we don't get an opportunity to party in a winery. Normally we're told to get out of the winery, or buy wine..but never party in it.

– UK DJ Carl Cox enthuses about the location of Rhythm and Vines

Key Cast & Crew

Sonya Wilson

Reporter, Presenter

Julie Clothier

Producer

Dale Owens

Producer

John Gillespie

Editor Current Affairs

David Pierce

Camera

Liz Topping

Editor