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Hunter's Gold - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1976

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Ian Pryor (NZ On Screen team)

22 Nov 2021 - 12.18pm

Hi Cindy. There may be some secondhand copies of the DVD around. If you are in New Zealand, you can rent it and get the DVD mailed to you - eg from Aro Video and Alice DVD.

Cindy

17 Nov 2021 - 09.02am

Still can't track the DVD down sadly. Would love to view the series again as I loved it so much as a 10-year-old

Llewellyn Morris

18 Apr 2020 - 04.58am

I watched this when it played on British TV in 1977. I missed the final episode watching Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind in the cinema and never did find out what happened. I guess I need to get the DVD.

Martin Smith

6 Oct 2013 - 04.41pm

Finally, we now have this released on DVD and what a pleasure it is to relive the full story again. Watched it as a kid, but never knew just how good this actually was. Simple yet brilliant story, great characters and O'Halloran the policeman was just brilliantly done by Gabriel Prendergast.
Was the music a special arrangement for the series or is it from anywhere special? Great tune to accompany the series and remember the first bars playing and sitting down after school to watch this.
Great stuff TVNZ for finally giving us this DVD release and well worth the purchase!
Hunted around for so long to find this treasure and now have struck Gold.

Adel Kiani

7 Mar 2013 - 09.28am

I used to follow "Children of Fire Mountain " in IRAN back in 87 and as a kid I really enjoyed NZ`s Victorian History and Maoris . I think this TV Series has same Taste of Children of ... never seen it before but reaaaaally like. thanks for upload. I beg to ULoad another episodes.

Hope to NZealand win in 1st Cricket Test against England

Geoffrey Tompsett

23 Feb 2013 - 11.29am

TVNZ is finally releasing this on 20th March!
Yippee - add to cart!

Craig hutchison

17 May 2012 - 12.14pm

Great to be able to track this down and view it
I was the assistant floor manager(second assistant director) and it certainly led the way for tv drama here in new Zealand

Gerry Robinson

12 May 2011 - 11.31pm

Truly one of the Greatest Kids Adventure series of ALL Time, made with a simple yet warm Honesty that hold, entrances and thoroughly entertains from start to finish !!! An Incredible Series that Should have been the 1st TVNZ series out on DVD!

It is a remarkable well-acted series, groundbreaking and a fitting Tribute to ALL involved. let's get it out there, in the wide World, so TVNZ's wonderful artistry and programming can be truly appreciated worldwide and leave a Legacy the World can enjoy Forever!!!

Magnificent Viewing!!!!!!

20 Dec 2010 - 10.41pm

This is a lost gem. I live in the U.K and fondly remember this being shown on BBC 1 back in the summer of 1983. It has a great musical introduction and ending. The drama was warmly received here in the UK and the storyline was great. I never missed an episode and have waited a long time for this to be released on DVD and now to be told it is on hold and may never be released. Please TVNZ hurry up and release this on DVD as there are I am sure a legion of fans out there waiting to relive the story again. I for one would cherish a copy of the complete story. Thanks for uploading this and can we have more until the DVD comes out. Pleaseeeeeee.

15 Dec 2010 - 12.48pm

Wow! I'd forgotten SPTV's original logo! Living in Southland we didn't get SPTV until mid-1976, a year after the channel first went to air. I remember this show, and Gather Your Dreams. A golden age of kids' TV in NZ that started with The Games Affair in 1975.....