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New Zealand > Documentary: 295 Films to Buy & Rent
Children of Gallipoli (2002)
- Dir. Anna Cottrell
- Interesting documentary interviews the grandchildren of four combatants in the ANZAC Gallipoli campaign of WWI – involving Turkish and New…
Coffee, Tea or Me? (2002)
- Dir. Brita McVeigh
- An engaging lowkey look at the experiences of seven woman who worked as air hostesses in the 1960s and 70s.
Similiar in tone to the documentaries…
Flying Visit, A (TV Series) (2002-2003)
- Former TVNZ weatherman Jim Hickey channels the heritage of his father as a WWII Spitfire pilot and flies a Cessna 182 around New Zealand airstrips,…
Georgie Girl (2002)
- Dir. Annie Goldson
- The unique and quite remarkable life story of Georgina Beyer, born George, a Maori transsexual and former sex–worker, who recently was elected…
In a Land of Plenty (2002)
- Dir. Alister Barry
- Described as ‘the story of unemployment in New Zealand,’ this serves as a strong companion piece for SOMEONE ELSE'S COUNTRY, dir. Barry’s…
Living Room, The (TV Series) (2002-2006)
- Nicely quirky and unpretentious TV series about different (mostly young) local artists living in New Zealand and overseas. Each episode is presented…
Lost Dinosaurs, The (2002)
- Dir. Bryan Bruce
- The true story of Joan Wiffen who in 1975 discovered dinosaur bones in the remote Mangahuanga Stream (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand). Returning to the…
Manapouri - The Toughest Tunnel (2002)
- New Zealand's specialist documentarians 'Natural History NZ' tell the heroic story of how a team of a thousand men laboured in the 1960s to complete…
Shipwreck: Deadly Harbour (2002)
- Dir. Christopher Rowley
- Short but vivid documentary account of the disastrous voyage of the Interisland ferry 'Wahine' in April 1968, in New Zealand's worst recorded storm.…
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (2002)
- A four–hour special on the opening of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Wellington, New Zealand. This monument was planned to commerate the…