Comments on: Taumarunui Work Trust

By: Trevor Mallard

Trevor Mallard — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:05:51 +0000

It was interesting times Sherylyn – but not as much for me as others down there.

By: Sherylyn

Sherylyn — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:11:51 +0000

Lots of things happened at Cherry Grove

By: Mark Derby

Mark Derby — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:27:42 +0000

Thanks, Trev, for resurrecting and putting up that ancient bit of work we once did together.
I’ll never forget how bone-chillingly cold it was down by the river first thing on a mid-winter’s morning. But those guys really threw themselves into the work, and managed to be friendly to a skinny Pakeha from the city at the same time.
I’m surprised how tolerable the whole thing looks and sounds all these years later, given that it was shot on horrible pre-digital tape, in a crappy domestic format, and made for no budget at all. I’d completely forgotten about it but the whole experience came rushing back when I played the tape, and the memories were very pleasant ones.
Keep up the good work on behalf of people for whom being trusted and respected is the hardest job of all.
Mark Derby

By: Spud

Spud — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:25:10 +0000

They had type writers back then? Who was that young man? That was a great story, all pulling together and gaining skills and their sense of belonging.