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Public Eye - First Episode
Public Eye - First Episode
Television (Excerpts) – 1988 Comedy
Frontline - Five Days in July
Television, 1994 (Full Length Episode)
Ten years on from the tumultuous 1984...
Frost Over New Zealand - The Leaders
Television, 1973 (Full Length)
New Zealand politics was a gentler art in the...
The Pretender - Series Two, Episode One
Television, 2008 (Full Length Episode)
In the 2000s mockumentary realism (led by The...
Here Is the News
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
Once upon a time the Kiwi accent was a broadcasting...
Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power
Television, 1994
No-one else has dominated the NZ political landscape...
In a Land of Plenty
Film, 2002 (Full Length)
The tagline runs: "The story of unemployment in New...
2002 Leaders Debate - Analysis
Television, 2002 (Full Length Episode)
The TVNZ Leaders Debate for the 2002 General Election...
The Governor
Television, 1977
The Governor was a television epic that...
Eyewitness News - Bob Jones punches reporter Rod Vaughan
Television, 1985 (Excerpts)
In July 1985 New Zealand Party leader Bob Jones and...
Rangatira: Pita Sharples
Television, 1997 (Full Length)
This edition of the Rangatira...
The Hollow Men
Film, 2008 (Full Length)
This Alister Barry-directed documentary is about the...
Reluctant Revolutionary
Television, 2004 (Full Length)
Reluctant Revolutionary mines a wealth of...
Spin Doctors - Election Special
Television, 2002 (Full Length Episode)
It's election time in this special episode from the...
The 1984 Leaders Debate
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
Six days out from the 1984 snap election, PM Sir...
Eyewitness News - Snap Election Setup
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
In one of NZ politics’ more notorious episodes,...
The W Three Show - 1980 Final
Television, 1980 (Full Length Episode)
The pressure is on as contestants from Kirkwood, St...
3 News - Internet Mana Launch
Television, 2014 (Excerpts)
This extraordinary moment in New Zealand political...
Dame Cath Moves Up - A Personal Portrait
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
Dame Catherine Tizard has been many things: mother,...
Campaign
Film, 1999 (Full Length)
In 1996 Tony Sutorius got his hands on a new digital...
New Zealand Day at Waitangi
Television, 1974 (Excerpts)
In 1973 Prime Minister Norman Kirk announced that the...
What Really Happened - Votes for Women
Television, 2012 (Full Length)
In September 1893 New...
bro'Town - Morningside Story
Television, 2005 (Full Length Episode)
This hit animated series about five Auckland school...
Close Up - Big Dealers (featuring John Key)
Television, 1987 (Full Length Episode)
This episode of current affairs show Close Up...
McPhail and Gadsby - Best of Series Five
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
After turning “Jeez Wayne” into a national...
Revolution
Television, 1996
Four-part series Revolution mapped sweeping...
Face to Face with Kim Hill - David Lange
Television, 2003 (Excerpts)
Kim Hill interviews former Prime Minister David Lange....
Nationwide: Labour Party Youth Conference
Television, 1974 (Excerpts)
A 24-year-old Helen Clark (complete with...
Gallery - Norman Kirk the First 250 Days
Television, 1973 (Full Length)
In this Gallery episode David "Mr Current...
Inquiry - The Late Mr Norman Kirk
Television, 1974
In September 1974, NZ reels from the premature loss of...
Queer Nation - Marilyn Waring
Television, 2004 (Full Length)
The episode opens with a story about the Maxim...
Paul Henry - John Key's '9-in-10' challenge
Television, 2015 (Excerpts)
Former Prime Minister John Key made regular...
Someone Else's Country
Film, 1996 (Full Length)
Someone Else’s Country looks critically...
Public Eye - First Episode
Television, 1988 (Excerpts)
Inspired by the British series Spitting...
Culture?
The Knobz, Music Video, 1980
In the tradition of novelty songs,...
Pounamu - Āpirana Ngata 1874 - 1950
Television, 1990 (Full Length Episode)
Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician and...
Fourth Estate - Programme 21
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
In the episode of TVNZ's media commentary show, Brian...
Tonight - Robert Muldoon interview
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
Like many other current affairs shows in the 70s,...
Pounamu - Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
The series Pounamu focused on the lives and...
The Friday Conference - Abraham Ordia public forum
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
On June 4 1976, Gordon...
Joe Bennett's Guide to the Corridors of Power
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
In this 2001 documentary, popular columnist Joe...
Sons and Daughters: Brian Edwards Interviews John Kirk
Television, 1979
John Kirk, son of the late prime minister Norman Kirk,...
The Friday Conference - Robert Muldoon interview
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
In this feisty late 1976 The Friday...
NZBC Network News - Prime Minister Norman Kirk's Death
Television, 1974 (Full Length)
This NZBC news item went to air the day after...
University Challenge - 1987 Final
Television, 1987 (Full Length Episode)
Future Labour MP Charles Chauvel joins the...
Fallout
Television, 1994
Written by Tom Scott and Greg McGee, South Pacific...
Marae - 2008 Māori Election Special
Television, 2008 (Full Length)
Marae (now Marae Investigates) is...
Eyewitness News - Devaluation
Television, 1984 (Full Length Episode)
These remarkable interviews — filmed on 16 July...
Terry and the Gunrunners - 2, Episode Two
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
In this episode of the kids’ adventure series,...
A Week of It - First Episode
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
A Week of It was a pioneering satire...
For Arts Sake - Parliament Art
Television, 1996 (Excerpts)
Parliament’s art collection is showcased in this...
Helen Clark: The Road to Power
Television, 2013 (Excerpts)
Family, friends and former foe joined Helen Clark...
Dancing Cossacks - 1975 National Party
Commercial, 1975 (Full Length)
One of the most...
Choice! 2002: Havoc and Newsboy's Election Special
Television, 2002 (Full Length Episode)
Mikey Havoc and Newsboy (Jeremy Wells) take a...
More Issues - A Compilation
Television, 1991 (Excerpts)
On the heels...
Encounter - Take a Girl like You
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
With her election in 1975 at age 23,...
3 News - 'Corngate' interview with Helen Clark
Television, 2002 (Excerpts)
On 09 July 2002 the ruling Labour Party was under...
The Men on the Hill: Keith Holyoake
Television, 1965 (Full Length Episode)
Before he was a British MP and Pavlova...
Rangatira: In the Blood / He Toto i Tuku iho - Donna Awatere Huata
Television, 1998 (Full Length)
This edition of the Rangatira series...
Fish Out of Water
Television, 1996 (Excerpts)
Predating hit show Survivor, this early...
The Neville Purvis Family Show - Episode
Television, 1979 (Full Length Episode)
This showcase for Arthur Baysting's sleazy, comedic...
Bob Jones - Doing God's Work?
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
This Lookout special follows colourful...
The Friday Conference - Abraham Ordia interview
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
The day after attending a...
The Paul Henry Show - John Key interview
Television, 2014 (Excerpts)
This interview with Prime Minister John Key is...
Inspired by the British series Spitting Image, Gibson Group's Public Eye features latex puppets based on drawings by cartoonist Trace Hodgson and built by a team headed by future Weta FX maestro, Richard Taylor. Highlights from the first episode include a boxing match between former finance minister Ruth Richardson and Winston Peters; Helen Clark's attempts to convince a bunch of labour party ministers to enforce a ban on pornography; and cricketer Richard Hadlee's failure to promote a life insurance company while being interviewed by Keith Quinn.
Richard Taylor, who is making an Ellie Smith puppet, takes some white lumps out of the microwave. "I'll just start pushing the margarine around to get the shape - she's going to be very tricky."– 'Public Puppetry' - NZ Listener, 22 October 1988
