UK Plays with New Zealand Content

*The Pohutukawa Tree (1959) BBC TV - about Maoris. See articles here, here and here. IMBD here. By Bruce Mason. Bio here. Genome here.

In New Zealand the Pohutukawa Tree is well known to have a legendary significance in the life of the Maori people. The play is set in Te Parenga, a beach settlement on the Hauraki Gulf, about forty miles from Auckland. The time is the present.

*Jacko at War (24 April 1964) - see here. Written by New Zealander Alun Falconer - IMBD here. His NZ biography is here. With Ray Barrett and John Tate. About a group of NZ soldiers in Italy in World War Two see articles here.

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