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Lynn of Tawa - In Search of the Great New Zealand Male
Television (Full Length) – 1994
Kiwi icon Lynn of Tawa (Ginette McDonald) goes on the prowl in search of the ultimate Kiwi bloke. The girl from the suburbs explores the gamut of masculine mythology, from Man Alone to mateship, and asks "can a woman ever be a mate?". Made when the good keen man was facing challenges from SNAGs, the documentary travels from the West Coast (for sex education) to a men's club, from rugby scrums to rabbit culls, and meets hunters, lawyers and gay ten-pin bowlers. The opening credits spell Lynn as Lyn — — the preferred spelling of Lynn/Lyn's co-creator Michael McDonald, who directs.
There comes a time when you realise that shooting deer is not everything — that being the top shot and being the mountain man and all these other things is only a passing phase ... I think the genuine mountain man is a loner, but I think he is very very resourceful.– Hunter turned photographer David Osmers
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
Ultimate Productions
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air
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More men being men
Visual Symphonies
More Lynn of Tawa, 1990s style
Lynn of Tawa Show - First Episode
Sketch series featuring Lynn of Tawa
Good Day – The Judith Fyfe Celebrity Pot Roast Show
The television debut of Lynn of Tawa
All Things Being Equal - 22 September 1978 Episode
Ginette McDonald in another comic role
Pioneer Women - Hera Ngoungou
Award-winning dramatic performance by Ginette McDonald
The Leading Edge
Also features Coast to Coast founder Robin Judkins
Magic Kiwis - Lynn & Fred
Show about comic talents John Clarke & Ginette McDonald
Kiwiana
More Kiwi stereotypes
1981 Royal Variety Performance
Lynn of Tawa in the presence of royalty
Off the Beaten Track
Also features seals and Edmund Hillary
Lynn of Tawa - Special
The first time Lynn of Tawa got her own TV special
High Country Rescue - Episode Eight
More search, with a side of rescue
Queer Nation - Gay Games Reloaded
More gay sport
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
Also features Lynn of Tawa
Trick or Treatment
Ginette McDonald presents this documentary
Gliding On - No Smoke Without Fire (First Episode)
Also features actor Ross Jolly
Warts & All - Ginette McDonald Probes the Police
Ginette McDonald trains with the NZ police
Dilemmas - 3 December 1993
Advice show featuring Ginette McDonald
Footrot Flats - The Dog's Tale
Written by Tom Scott
Town and Around: Auckland Highlights
Includes more of Barry Crump
Moa's Ark : Building the Ark
More of Coast to Coast founder Robin Judkins
Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)
Features Ginette McDonald's voice talents
Once a Convent Girl
Documentary featuring Ginette McDonald
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
Ginette McDonald talks about Lynn of Tawa
Lynn of Tawa - Mitre 10
Advert from the 1980s featuring Lynn of Tawa