Hope and Wire - Full Series

This ambitious six-part series mixes drama and documentary footage to portray Cantabrians coping after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes that devastated Christchurch. Len (Bernard Hill) and Joycie (Rachel House) form their own inclusive backyard community. Ryan and Donna (Jarod Rawiri and Miriama McDowell) find the aftermath of the quakes strains their relationship. Ginny (The Strip's Luanne Gordon) wonders where her husband was when the first shock hit. Property developer Greggo (Joel Tobeck) smells only opportunity. Writer/director Gaylene Preston writes here about Hope and Wire's birth — and filming in a quake zone. 

Māori warriors were slaughtered by tribes from up north — my tīpuna — and then the Pākehā settlers came in here and built an entire city on tapu land.

– Donna (Miriama Mcdowell) in the first episode of Hope and Wire

Key Cast & Crew

Joel Tobeck

As: Greggo

Chelsie Preston Crayford

As: Monee

Rachel House

As: Joycie Waru

Gaylene Preston

Director, Producer, Writer

Luanne Gordon

As: Ginny Smith-Robinson

Dave Armstrong

Writer