Resounding Show

Last Saturday I watched the best local TV I'd seen, superb storytelling about wonderfully eccentric, provincial New Zealanders. Each week, This Town on TV One takes a look at different parts of the country, last week was the central plateau ,home to Rabbit, a middle-aged man with a strange haircut who lives in Ohakune, built himself a log cabin and has a fascination with everything Russian (he's been eight times) and the art gallery lady in Raetihi who has opened up her gallery to some local kids and helped them win a local art competition. I believe this is a perfect antidote for slightly contrived reality shows and obliviously tired talent quests as well as a remarkable triumph of NZ On Air funding.