The Ginette McDonald Collection
Ginette McDonald — actor, director, certified Kiwi legend. This collection showcases all of those skills, from generous dollups of her beloved comic creation Lynn of Tawa, to interviews, award-winning dramatic roles (Pioneer Women), and examples of her work as a director (Gliding On) and producer (The Champion, Peppermint Twist). Our Ginette smorgasbord also finds room for bite-sized tributes by fans and colleagues, and two memorable backgrounders: a tribute to Ginette, Lynn and the Kiwi accent by writer and comedian Michèle A'Court, and a captivating personal account by Michael McDonald — Ginette's brother and fellow Lynn of Tawa conspirator.
Ginette McDonald
Ginette McDonald - Funny As Interview
Interview, 2019
Lynn of Tawa Show - First Episode
Television, 1982
Magic Kiwis - Lynn & Fred
Television, 1990 (Full Length Episode)
Peppermint Twist
Television, 1987
Ginette McDonald: Fires, nymphomaniacs and Lynn of Tawa...
Interview, 2010
Visual Symphonies
Television, 1991
Talkback - Excerpt
Television, 2021 (Excerpts)
Lynn of Tawa - Special
Television, 1980 (Full Length Episode)
Pioneer Women - Hera Ngoungou
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
1981 Royal Variety Performance
Television, 1981 (Full Length)
Rocked the Nation - No 21: The New Zealand Accent
Television, 2008 (Excerpts)
Ground Force - First Episode
Television, 1998 (Full Length Episode)
Pukemanu - Pukemanu Welcomes You (first episode)
Television, 1971 (Full Length Episode)
My Life is Murder - Silent Lights (Season 3, Episode 5)
Television, 2022 (Excerpts)
All Things Being Equal - 22 September 1978 Episode
Television, 1978 (Full Length Episode)
Dead Certs
Television, 1995 (Full Length)
Face Value - Her New Life
Television, 1995 (Full Length)
The Hitch-Hiker
Television, 1996 (Full Length)
Good Day – The Judith Fyfe Celebrity Pot Roast Show
Television, 1979 (Full Length)
Lynn of Tawa - In Search of the Great New Zealand Male
Television, 1994 (Full Length)
The Fire-Raiser (TV movie)
Television, 1986 (Full Length)
The Champion - First Episode
Television, 1989 (Full Length Episode)
Lynn of Tawa - Mitre 10
Commercial, 1985 (Full Length)
Lynn of Tawa - Red Nose Day
Commercial, 1991 (Full Length)
Variety Spectacular - A Night with the Stars
Television, 1989 (Excerpts)
P.A. for a Day - Helen Clark (Episode Three)
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
Close to Home - Episode 300
Television, 1978 (Full Length Episode)
Group Therapy
Short Film, 1998 (Full Length)
Trick or Treatment
Television, 1998 (Full Length Episode)
Seven Sharp - Ginette McDonald
Television, 2013 (Excerpts)
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald à la Carte
Television, 2003 (Full Length)
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald Probes the Police
Television, 2001 (Full Length Episode)
The Great TV3 Comedy Debate - Rugby, It's Only a Game
Television, 2002 (Full Length Episode)
The Great TV3 Comedy Debate - We Need More Women on Top
Television, 2001 (Full Length Episode)
Country GP - Episode 22
Television, 1984 (Full Length Episode)
Gliding On - The Work Experience Scheme (Series Five, Episode Two)
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
Open House - Shades of Blue
Television, 1986 (Full Length Episode)
Shark in the Park - Lamb to the Slaughter (Series One, Episode Three)
Television, 1989 (Full Length Episode)
Pioneer Women - Ettie Rout
Television, 1983 (Full Length Episode)
Strassman - Series One, Episode Seven
Television, 1999 (Full Length Episode)
Joyful and Triumphant
Television, 1993 (Full Length)
Once a Convent Girl
Television, 1995 (Full Length)
Give Us a Clue - excerpt
Television, 2021 (Excerpts)
Bert and Maisy - Christmas (She's Funny at the Moment, They Both Are)
Television, 1989 (Full Length Episode)
Ngā Wahine
Television, 1997 (Full Length)
Dunnies Down Under
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
Rabbiters Rest - Dust to Dust
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
Darryn Exists
Short Film, 2010 (Full Length)
Don't Tell Me - First Episode
Television, 1989 (Full Length Episode)
Duggan: Time and Tide
Television, 1999 (Full Length Episode)
The Deep End - The Captain's Play
Television, 1980 (Full Length)
William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale: The Magician
Television, 1998 (Full Length Episode)
Doves of War - Full Series
Television, 2006 (Full Length Episode)
Rage
Television, 2011 (Excerpts)
Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)
Television, 1989 (Excerpts)
Dilemmas - 3 December 1993
Television, 1993 (Full Length Episode)
Face Value - A Real Dog
Television, 1995 (Full Length Episode)
Face Value - House Rules
Television, 1995 (Full Length)
The Billy T James Collection
Television, 1992
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
Television, 2005 (Full Length)
Beyond a Joke!
Television, 1996 (Full Length)
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
Television, 2010 (Full Length Episode)
Who Laughs Last?
Television, 2006 (Full Length)
Kiwiana
Television, 1996 (Full Length)
Kiwiana - Kiwi As
Television, 1997 (Full Length)