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Pukemanu - Pukemanu Welcomes You Television (Full Length Episode) – 1971 Drama

Pukemanu - Pukemanu Welcomes You

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1971 Drama

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Part one of three from this full length programme.

Part two of three from this full length programme.

Part three of three from this full length programme.

The credits from this programme.

Pioneering series Pukemanu (the NZBC’s first continuing drama) was set in a North Island timber town. Its portrait of the town’s folk offered an archetypal screen image that Kiwis could relate to: rural, bi-cultural, boozy and blokey; viewers and reviewers praised its Swannie-clad authenticity. This first episode sees a culture clash as a motorcycle gang (including a young Bruno Lawrence) comes to town and causes trouble, running Ray (Geoff Murphy) off the road; and stranded townie Diana (Ginette McDonald) falls in love with a local axeman while hunting.

Key Cast & Crew

Murray Reece

Director, Producer

Julian Dickon

Writer, Creator

Bill Stalker

As: Chief Biker

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For years New Zealand viewers have delighted over the regional charm of Coronation Street with its unpretentious earthiness and quiet touches of pathos ... We may squirm in our armchairs, we may cringe with identification, but now the camera has turned on us with the same gleam of subtle observation.
– Frances Parkin, NZ Herald review, 10th September 1971

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NZ Broadcasting Corporation

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - TVNZ Collection

More information

Te Ara: forestry

Acknowledgements

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Music

Music by Wayne Senior and the NZBC Symphony Orchestra