The Changing Face of the New Zealand Dairy

A ten-cent mix, a gobstopper or two, a quick run down to the dairy for mum and pocketing the change — it was all part of growing up as a Kiwi. This documentary tells the story of the person behind the dairy counter. Packed with history (and ice cream), it looks at the changes between then and now; from the early Indian migrants who sold fruit from carts, to the modern-day dairy owners who fear for their lives. Director Melanie Rakena interviews dairy owners across the country who discuss inflation, violence, and family. She also explores the changing of the times, and the future of dairies in a modern Aotearoa.

If the demands there, we’ll sell it. People are changing for the better, actually.

– Suresh Jeram on the changing habits of Kiwi consumers

Key Cast & Crew

Tarun Mohanbhai

Subject

Guy Quartermain

Camera Operator

Wayne Cook

Editor

Jacob Rajan

Narrator

Melanie Rakena

Director, Producer

Warren Green

Camera Operator