Epidemic - Hemi Te Koaka (First Episode)

Here, it seemed was a major piece of New Zealand produced bi-lingual entertainment, modestly labelled as a thriller but dominated by things Maori, not merely in performance but in substance and in thought – a ground breaker in that respect.

– Hal Smith, Letter to the Editor - NZ Listener, 16 October 1976

I thought GPs were immune to witchcraft?

– The archaeologist (Martyn Sanderson) to the local doctor and Māori (Don Selwyn)