Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story (2017)
First pain, then gain...
60 min
New Zealand is a place of great natural beauty and resources, of pioneering immigrants from the Maori to the more recent settlers. They’re fierce, hardy, and strong, able to withstand challenges like the massive economic challenge they faced in the mid 1980’s. With their economy unraveling, they made huge, controversial changes, including doing away with farm subsidies and protectionist import controls. At first, it hurt. A lot. But now, the farmers and the fishers, the people and the economy, are prospering. And they wouldn’t go back to subsidies, special interests, or support for manufacturers. Travel to New Zealand with scholar Johan Norberg to meet some amazing Kiwis and see how they blazed a trail to economic prosperity.
- Release date
- January 28, 2017
- Country of origin
- New Zealand, United States
Cast
- Roger Beattie as Self - interviewee
- Don Brash as Self - interviewee
- Robert Butson as Self - interviewee
- Bill Cashmore as Self - interviewee
- Lynette Cashmore as Self - interviewee
- George Clement as Self - interviewee
- Kate Cocks as Self - interviewee
- Eric Crampton as Self - interviewee
- Pete Douglas as Self - interviewee
- Roger Douglas as Self - interviewee
Crew
- Mike Majoros · Writer
- James Tusty · Writer
- Maureen Castle Tusty · Writer
- James Tusty · Producer
- Maureen Castle Tusty · Producer
- Harmeet Basur · Cinematographer
- Mike Majoros · Editor