Titles ‘Lack of Hope’, ‘Taranaki Unemployed Workers Rights Centre’. Voiceover talks about unemployment in Taranaki over visuals of traveling shot of Taranaki landscape and industrial landscape. Interviews with unemployed people having trouble dealing with Social Welfare organisations. Interviews with TUWRC workers. Woman talks about community groups affected by unemployment, including TUWRC. Maori woman talks about racism towards Maori beneficiaries. Woman talks about problems people have dealing with Social Welfare. Maori woman talks about education issues. Impact of closing of Motonui on Taranaki unemployment. Woman talks about the TUWRC moving into new building with drop-in centre and art and craft facilities. Mike talks about music training programme. Maori woman talks about catering course.
Subtitle ‘Auckland’. Man talks about unemployment problems in Auckland, and problems in getting jobs in Auckland. Elderly man talks about being unemployed since 1969 on and off, and experiences with Labour Department. Man was told to lie about his health to prospective employer. Man talks about a four day week to ensure all people work. Elderly man talks about providing things for young unemployed to do. Woman talks about being helped with her benefit. Man talks about housing problem in Auckland.
Subtitle ‘Tuhoe Trust Board’. Musicians play guitars, while a man talks in voiceover about being helped while unemployed.Two men talk about learning music skills on a music course for unemployed. Musicians play songs on guitars and sing. Shots of Maori carvings, screenprints, design work, people working on art work. Women weaving in marae, tukutuki panels. Woman inspects second woman’s kete.
Subtitle ‘May Day’. May Day 1987 march down [Auckland] street, various trade union organisations and solidarity groups march with banners. Person speaks about workers rights, Thatcher government in England, trade union movement. Man gives speech in band rotunda. Group of people with ‘Combined Beneficiaries Union’ banner.
Subtitle ‘Te Iwi o Taranaki’. Mt Taranaki. Sign ‘Te Iwi o Taranaki Poari Mahi’. Maori man speaks in Maori. Men talking around table (no sound). Group singing. Men welding in workshop. Man talks about this new project in Waitara district to assist Maori unemployed. Man talks about what boys are learning using gas cutting and welding equipment. Shots of men and boys working in welding workshop. Man talks about joinery and cabinet making workshop. Boys working in wood workshop. Man talks about future plans for workshops, extending the programme to other skills such as video workshop and genealogy.
Subtitle ‘Tamaki Makaurao’. Men working on roof of house, man talking on voiceover about cooperative movement, teaching Maoritanga through arts courses, passing on skills, Maori access programme. Kapa Haka group perform. Maori man reads out list of people who have completed courses.
Subtitles ‘Lack of Hope’, ‘Co-op a new future’.