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- RNZ Interview: The Governor - Keith Aberdein & Trisha Dunleavy
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This NZ Screen History interview takes a look at a cultural juggernaut from the mid-1970s, The Governor. It was the first ever local series that cost over $1million to make — a staggering amount of money in 1975. Writer Keith Aberdein joins Wallace Chapman from Australia to discuss the show and how it was made. Also joining the discussion is film and television historian from Victoria University, Dr Trisha Dunleavy, who has written extensively about The Governor, including in her book — Ourse...
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/rnz-the-governor-keith-aberdein-trisha-dunleavy-2021
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- history / nz history / historical epic / drama / 1800s / colony / colonisation / conflict / george grey / governor grey / new zealand history / tony isaac / michael noonan / treaty of waitangi / missionaries / māori pākehā relations / māori / 1975 / two channel television / historical drama / period drama / nz drama / new zealand drama / colonial new zealand / don selwyn / wiremu tāmihana / hōne heke / te tiriti o waitangi / keith aberdein / robert muldoon / muldoon / budget / tv one / george henare / expensive / martin sanderson / general duncan cameron / māori activism / public inquiry
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