Julienne Stretton

Julienne Stretton spent three decades documenting NZ people and culture for television, as a researcher, producer and director. Her subjects have ranged from Katherine Mansfield and Hollywood actor Nola Luxford, to a young disabled couple in the groundbreaking Miles and Shelly documentaries. She researched major documentaries on Moriori and Gallipoli, and shared a 1992 Qantas Award for 60 Minutes. 

I love stories from ordinary people. I'm always moved by the way ordinary people organise and confront their lives. Julienne Stretton, in a 14 March 2003 NZ Herald interview about TV series Our New Zealand