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Dead Certs

Television (Full Length) – 1995

Made for Montana Sunday Theatre, Dead Certs provides starring roles for talents Rawiri Paratene and Ginette McDonald. Paratene won an NZ Television Award for his acting, and also co-wrote the script (with director Ian Mune), which Paratene began writing while he was on a Burns Fellowship. He plays Hare Hohepa, whose dreams of a winning bet that will allow him to escape his down and out existence take an unusual turn: his forthright friend Martha (McDonald) unexpectedly expires after some drinks, only to return in ghostly form, hoping his bets can pay for her funeral. So begins a dream run at the TAB.  

Not one favourite's won a single race. Now the law of averages says roughies can't go on winning. Number eight — she's just the ticket.
– Hare (Rawiri Paratene) decides his next bet

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air, the NZ Film Commission and Te Māngai Pāho and NZ On Air, in association with Television One

Music

Clsoing credits song 'Out in the Cold', music and lyrics by Stephen McCurdy, vocals by Prince Tui Teka

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