DEER WARS

100 years after Red Deer were introduced into New Zealand for the leisure pursuits of the gentry in 1851, New Zealand is overrun with the animals and on the brink of a huge ecological disaster. A solution was needed and this story of men and machines, of incredible daring and ingenuity begun as a diverse band of Kiwi adventurers and entrepreneurs become the first in the world to trial and perfect the practice of using helicopters and light aircraft to cull live deer.

Interviews: Hunter Shaw, Jim Faulks, Barry Wyber, Evan Waby, Robert Wilson, Tim Wallis, Bill Hayward, Frank Wolfe, Max Street, Dick Deaker, Bill Black, Nola Sims, John McIntyre, Bill Hayward, Gavin Overton, Grace Overton, Errol Brown, Mike Bennett, Kerry Eggeling, Ann Waby, Brian King, Peter Campbell, Gordon Mantrell, Mick Sarginson, Phil Silcock, Harvey Hutton, Jeff Carter, Merv Velenski, John Singer, Charlie Jelley, Nola Jelley, Kaye Campbell, Dave Baas, Jamie Scott, Ken Tustin, Don Andrews, Don Andrews, Russell Gutschlag, Mark & Kim Hollows, Lynne Bond, Lois Hayward, Pat Nolan, Mark Cust, Doug Maxwell, Bert Howe, Carol Brown, Barbara Kane.