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    Revolution
    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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