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- Title
- Heartland - Hokitika
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
Presenter Gary McCormick helms another episode of this popular series about Kiwi communities and finds plenty of community spirit in Hokitika. The 1864 gold rush turned Hokitika from a "bleak sandspit" into a bustling town almost overnight. Extracting natural resources is still the district's biggest industry. McCormick goes greenstone hunting in the Arahura and investigates a sustainable forestry programme. It's a town where senior citizens lead busy social lives playing in bands, joining ma...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1994
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/heartland-hokitika-1994
- Related subjects
- west coast / gold rush / 1990s / whānau / seaview hall / seaview community hall / hokitika / westland / bill glynn / te wai pounamu / coaster / jim groom / deirdre corsan / jade / mountains / maunga / rivers / arahura / greenstone / helicopter / logging / timberlands / pine / rimu logs / logging trucks / gold dredge / gold mining / ron manley / dick elcock / kokatahi band / miners band / savages club / drama / musicals / regent theatre / revel street / pubs / dance hall / shore / wild beaches / dances / driftwood / marching girls / marching team / kids / whanau / jazz band / teens / young people / theatre / show time / dance band / make up / rehearsals / oliver the musical / piano / 1930s music / moleskin trousers / who will buy? / sentimental journey / uniform / paddleboat / brass band / takutai belle / card games / 45s / ireland / violins / bill clark / andy kearns / liz solari / ian james / forestry / sustainability / native planting / bank of new south wales / upholstery / ivan stuffer fearn / evan birchfield / jim keenan / howard tick tock hughes / gang shows / amateur dramatics / rene jacobs / maureen jacobs / band leader / eileen wilding / parent helpers / irish heritage / backstage / lion red tavern / durham havill / happy days are here again / the golden girls / the marching grannies / royal mail tavern / tea / afternoon tea / beer / community / community activities / senior citizens / pierre esquilat / steak / bush / cafe / paris cuisine / french cafe / cafe de paris / excavation / ross crump / bevan climo / rain / nz on air / wet weather / winter / westco mill / new zealand on air / arahura river / neophite
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