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Pukemanu is a New Zealand television series that ran from 1971 to 1972.
Background
[edit]The series, set in a fictional location, was considered to break ground in the way it approached the subject and examined the town that it was set in.[1][2] It was produced by Tony Isaac.[3] It was filmed on location in Ātiamuri.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Ian Watkin as the town doctor.[4]
- Ernie Leonard as Charlie Rata.[5]
- Pat Evison as Phylis Telford (8 episodes)[6][7]
Recurring/guests
[edit]- Tony Barry as Dan Harrigan (6 episodes)
- Peter Vere-Jones as Mark Gold (6 episodes)
- Kevin J. Wilson
- Ginette McDonald (1 episode)
- Bruno Lawrence as Biker
- Bill Stalker as Biker (1 episode)
- Walter Pym
References
[edit]- ↑ NZ On Screen - Pukemanu, Television, 1971–1972, Credits
- ↑ New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change, By Trisha Dunleavy, Hester Joyce - Page 54 to 56
- ↑ New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change, By Trisha Dunleavy, Hester Joyce - Page 66
- ↑ RNZ, 18 May 2016 - New Zealand actor Ian Watkin dies
- ↑ New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change, By Trisha Dunleavy, Hester Joyce - Page 54 to 56
- ↑ Stuff, 31/05/2010 - Dame Pat Evison passes away By Stacey Wood
- ↑ Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010, By Harris M. Lentz III - Page 125 Evison, Pat