This Town - First Episode

This acclaimed TV series heads to Aotearoa’s heartland, dispensing with narration or a city slicker presenter so that local personalities can represent themselves. The opening episode travels to the West Coast to meet the 'Coasters' who live there: from publicans, prospectors and bushmen, to sheila truck drivers, knitting drag queens and musical theatre directors. The Dominion Post’s Karl du Fresne wrote of the show: "Producer Melanie Rakena has done a superb job seeking out engaging characters with interesting stories and allowing them to tell them in their own way." 

I didn't actually come here to get away from people, I came here to get away from people telling me how I was supposed to live.

– Coaster Bean Sprout

Key Cast & Crew

Dave Dobbyn

Theme Music

Wayne Cook

Editor

Melanie Rakena

Director, Producer

Jacob Bryant

Cinematographer

Andy Thomas

Sound Recordist

Jude Callen

Network Executive