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40 Years of Country Calendar

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2005

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This best of special culls history and highlights from 40 seasons of the longest running show on NZ television. Farming, forestry and fishing are all on the roster, but this edition is as much about observing people and the land. There is footage of high country musters, helicopter deer capture, floods and blizzards, as well as radio-controlled dogs and mice farmers. Longtime Country Calendar figures like John Gordon and Tony Trotter share their memories, and the show sets out to catch up again with some of the colourful New Zealanders that have featured on screen.

...my word you can run when there's something after you.
– Farmer Elsie Jane Westhead on a close encounter with one of her animals

Key Cast & Crew

Julian O'Brien

Reporter

Frank Torley

Executive Producer, Subject

Tony Benny

Director, Producer, Reporter

Jude Callen

Network Executive

Dawn Deavin

Editor

Robyn Best

Production Manager

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TVNZ

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - TVNZ Collection

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Made with funding from NZ On Air

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