FEBRUARY 2018
ISLANDS OF THE GULF (2018)
Elisabeth Easther looks at how life on the islands of the Hauraki Gulf has changed since her mother Shirley Maddock visited them in 1964.
Islands of the Gulf was New Zealand’s first locally made TV documentary series and Shirley Maddock – as well as writing, presenting and directing – became the country’s first female television producer. Intended as a one-off programme, the series ran to five half-hour episodes, screened when local faces were still a novelty on NZ television.