Documentary

Revolution

Four-part series Revolution mapped sweeping social and economic change in New Zealand society in the 1980s and early 1990s. Judged Best Factual Series at the 1997 NZ Television Awards, it collected together archive footage, and interviews with the major players. Said producer Marcia Russell: “We wanted to make Revolution because we believed that unless we re-run and re-examine our recent history we are in constant danger of forgetting, and forgetting can render us passive about the present and slaves of the future.

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Created By

Marcia Russell

Status

Ended

Original Name

Revolution

First Air Date

June 19, 1996

Last Air Date

July 10, 1996

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

English

Production Companies

NZ on Air

Networks

S01E04

The New Country

This final episode sums up, after examining "the second wave" of neoliberal reform when National took power in 1990 shortly after Telecom was sold to American interests. Incoming finance minister Ruth "mother of all budgets" Richardson oversaw a reduction of welfare payments, a shake-up of the health system, and a curbing of union powers. Richardson: "in a human sense I understood that [community outrage], but that wasn't going to deflect me".

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