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Produced by the National Film Unit, New Zealand...
Photographer Brian Brake was also an accomplished...
A show about the Waikato river
More on the Kīngitanga movement
Preparations for war in the Waikato in the 1860s
Programme about a Waikato town
More river imagery and history
More Kiwi rivers
Dramatised documentary on Princess Te Puea
Also directed by Oxley Hughan
More dam workers in action
Artwork exploring flooding from the hydroelectric scheme
A less positive take on river damming
A 1947 look at developments on the river
More real life Waikato locals
Gary McCormick visits Ngāruawāhia
Ngāruawāhia in the 1990s
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