Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story (2017)
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.
Directors: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty.
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Johan Norberg as Host |
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Roger Beattie as |
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Don Brash as |
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Robert Butson as |
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Bill Cashmore as |
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Lynette Cashmore as |
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George Clement as |
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Kate Cocks as |
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Eric Crampton as |
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Peter Douglas as |
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Roger Douglas as |
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Darren Fabricius as |
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Alan Gibbs as |
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Debbi Gibbs as |
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Jeremy Moon as |
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Dave Moore as |
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Tom G. Palmer as |
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Richard Prebble as |
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Roger Rawlinson as |
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Dan Rawlinson as |
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Ruth Richardson as |
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Steven Rosso as |
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Tom Searle as |
| Directing | James Tusty | Director |
| Editing | Mike Majoros | Editor |
| Camera | Harmeet Basur | Director of Photography |
| Writing | James Tusty | Writer |
| Production | James Tusty | Producer |
| Production | Thomas Skinner | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Maureen Castle Tusty | Director |
| Production | Maureen Castle Tusty | Producer |
| Writing | Maureen Castle Tusty | Writer |
| Writing | Mike Majoros | Writer |
| Production | Bob Chitester | Executive Producer |