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This is New Zealand

Short Film (Excerpts) – 1970

Members of the crew for This is New Zealand. From front to back, starting on the left: Geoffrey Scott (executive producer), Hugh Macdonald (in glasses & beard - director, writer, editor), David Fowler (producer), Rob Ritchie (associate director), Martin Townsend (title designer), Sam Grau (cameraman), Mac Ashley (technical manager), Kit Rollings (sound recordist, sound editor & sound mixer) Brian Shennan (sound recordist) Cecil Forsberg (title designer), Kerry Coe (technician) Ron Skelley (associate sound mixer) Bruce McKenzie (technician), Jim Chandler (technician), Henry van Tulder (technician).

Kindly supplied by The Dominon Post.

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