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This Town - First Episode
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2013
This acclaimed TV series heads to Aotearoa’s heartland, dispensing with narration or a city slicker presenter so that local personalities can represent themselves. The opening episode travels to the West Coast to meet the 'Coasters' who live there: from publicans, prospectors and bushmen, to sheila truck drivers, knitting drag queens and musical theatre directors. The Dominion Post’s Karl du Fresne wrote of the show: "Producer Melanie Rakena has done a superb job seeking out engaging characters with interesting stories and allowing them to tell them in their own way."
A lot of people initially don't think they have a story to tell but once you're on to your third cup of tea it is obvious that seemingly ordinary people all have something extraordinary to say.– Director/producer Melanie Rakena, in an interview with Stuff's James Croot, 27 June 2013
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
Jam TV
Acknowledgements
In memory of Mahinapua Hotel publican Les Lyle (1925 - 2013)
Made with funding from NZ On Air
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