https:/ www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-young-giant-kiangaroa At the time Kiangaroa was the worlds largest manmade exotic forest covering 1.25 million acres. Planting started during the Great Depression in the 1930's as a work for the dole scheme.
Thanks for sharing, there are some great shows there!
That sure is interesting history, kinda like what the US did during the depression without the Nazi nostalgia. If you want a quick laugh, search for "always blow on the pie" when you're done watching the kiangaroa film, also an interesting difference between US and other parts.
There is a more recent 2016 NZ tv series 'The Loggers' funded with equivalent to US$306K for ten lots of half hour episodes. Been shown twice? on local nz cable tv , could do with a wider audience. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU16...s-to-feed-the-appetite-for-serious-topics.htm https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-young-giant-kaingaroa-1966 https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/logger-rhythms-1984 Across a few different forests