Journeys Across Latitude 45 South (part two) - A Little Continental

Central Otago’s broad, dry landscape is dominated by an extreme climate; it is scarred by wind, ice and industry. Deep mining shafts and long rusted sluicing guns pepper this second stage of Peter Hayden’s traverse across latitude 45 south. He visits the quartz covered Mt Buster, NZ’s highest diggings, where unseasonal blizzards often claimed miners’ lives. The layout of Naseby’s graveyard yields information on the hierarchy of the goldfields. The flora includes mountain totara, carnivorous sundews and a heather variety that grows horizontally. Hayden won a GOFTA award for his script.

Key Cast & Crew

Neil Harraway

Director, Producer

Peter Hayden

Writer, Presenter

Ceidrik Heward

Camera

Errol Samuelson

Sound

Mike Pearce

Composer

Suzanne Da-Rin

Editor