One Man's View - I've Got Nerves, Man

I don't know if many would call me a 'gentleman' I think they'd call me something else...

– Carl Nielsen responds to reporter Hanafi Hayes' comment about him leading a 'gentleman's' lifestyle

You don't bother too much about the doctors, you can manage to patch yourself up...

– Carl Nielsen on being isolated from medical care while living remotely

I can't, I can't, I can't, because of all the traffic, I've tried it... The noise, the traffic, you can't get any rest, and it continues day and night. Nerves! I've got nerves, man!

– Snowy Harris on his aversion to urban living

No, don't need it, hundred and thirteen dollars every four weeks, and a rise coming up in the next one...

– Snowy Harris is content with his Government pension payments

Hey Snow, what are you going to do with the rest of your life?

– Reporter Hanafi Hayes asks Snowy Harris the big questions

Kauau is still trimmed for tourists, the others are mainly full of birds and bush, except for Moturekareka: A 39 acre haven for 71 year old squatter, Snowy Harris, who moved away from the city many years ago to be alone.

– Reporter Hanafi Hayes introduces Snowy Harris

I was interested, for example, to find out how people in remote spots can live cut off from the materialist society and exist only with nature and Lion beer

– Hanafi Hayes in an interview with Ken Coates on his motivation for the series, The Press, 23 October 1975