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Billy T James - A Daughter's Story

Billy T James - A Daughter's Story
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Billy T James - A Daughter's Story
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NZ On Screen
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In this documentary Cherie James pays tribute to a legendary New Zealand entertainer, telling Billy T James' story from a daughter’s perspective. Fellow members of showband The Māori Volcanics share their memories, while family members reminisce about Billy's life growing up in the Waikato. Cherie provides her perspective on the well-publicised arguments that occurred after his death, and why it was so important for Billy to be buried beside his mother on sacred Mount Taupiri overlooking Hunt...

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Video
Date created
1997
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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/billy-t-james-a-daughters-story-1997
Related subjects
entertainer / music / showband / performance / remembrance / māori / bereavement / comedy / family / death / night clubs / stand up / race relations / waikato / cambridge / mount taupiri / icon / 90s / huntly / the volcanics / multi-instrumentalist / comic / allan wade / escapism / heart attack / bypass / transplant / trevor agnew / recovery / limelight / adoption / whangarei / trevor de cleene / bull burns / ngaire anderson / noho taitoko / carlton smith / bob joyce / vic richards / mary nathan / bill peters / mahora peters / maori showbands / cartoon / billy t james / 80s / eighties / nineties / eddie hemara / nz on air / new zealand on air / guitar / lead guitar / auckland / cartoons

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