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- Title
- Gisborne Strikes Back
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
In the late 1980s Cyclone Bola ravaged Tairāwhiti, unemployment was high and Ruatoria suffered a string of arsons. In 1991 local poet and presenter Gary McCormick and director Bruce Morrison joined forces to document Gisborne artists travelling to Auckland to showcase East Coast artistic talent. Māori and Pākehā locals including carver Greg Whakataka Brightwell, publican Peter Gardner and musician Nigel Pullyn discuss Gisborne's special bicultural spirit. The documentary ends with the celebra...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1992
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/gisborne-strikes-back-1992
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