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Beyond the Bombay Hills

Beyond the Bombay Hills
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Beyond the Bombay Hills
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NZ On Screen
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In this documentary, writer and satirist Peter Hawes crosses the Bombay Hills border in his Morris van to record his take on mid 1980s Auckland. Pocked with as many puns as Auckland has volcanic craters, Hawes' profile is a sprawling, breezy look at New Zealand's largest city: from a Chase Corporation high rise to shearing sheep in Cornwall Park; from Eden Park to Bastion Point. Interviews (with politicians, sportspeople, gossip columnists, strip club fashion designers) are mixed with skits c...

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Video
Date created
1986
URL
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/beyond-the-bombay-hills-1986
Related subjects
jogging / mangare bridge / mangere bridge / chase corporation / sewer / auckland / eighties / 80s / minstrel / bastion point / portage / tāmaki makaurau / tamaki makaurau / bridge / harbour pilot / ruritanian folk dancers / hiwi tauroa / harry rivers / auckland zoo / mary hoeta / les mills / grant latimer / frank stubbing / haami tuatini / john mckinnon / john hancock / david lange / brian mcnabb / union nelson / bill anderson / harry julian / john minto / david hartnell / bert sutcliffe / felicity ferrett / colin reynolds / david flame / peter jones / high rise / cathedral / church / strip club / rugby / south africa / all blacks / john logan campbell / manakau harbour / orpheus / tim shadbolt / paul reeves / dove-myer robinson / catherine tizard / sam hunt / eden park / cricket / metro / gossip columnist / limousine / auckland war memorial museum / rangitoto / pohutukawa / motutapu / colin follas / cornwall park / sheep / morris / van

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