Wet or Dry: NZ's Battle With Prohibition

For over a century, New Zealand wrestled with the idea of banning booze, but Southland’s moonshining McRaes were having none of it. Their story is told in the Old Hokonui Moonshine Museum & Distillery in Gore, which Frank Film paid a visit to. Participants thanks: Jim Geddes Steve Nally Thanks to: Old Hokonui Museum & Distillery Eastern Southland Gallery Archive supplied by: 36945-atl - Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: A-313-1-008 by Herbert Beecroft Group of Tuapeka Men - Misc-MS-1413/022Datec.1864 - Hocken Collections | Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Women and Children - W F Crawford (b.1844, d.1915): Photographer Gabriel's Gully - Harry G Gore 1862 View in Pickersgill Harbour, Dusky Bay, New Zealand' RMG BHC2370.jpg - William Hodges, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons HMS Endeavour (20340350738).jpg - Archives New Zealand from New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Barrier Reef Gold Mining Co. Ryan's freehold. Group of miners, mine manager McWilliams far right, 49117-a.jpg - Henry WinkelmannHenry Winkelmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons GBB·Alexander·p40b.jpg - Vonnie Alexander, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Dillman Town.jpg - National Library NZ on The Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons First two town halls of Christchurch.jpg - Photographer unidentified, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons National Council of Women of New Zealand, 1901 meeting.jpg - See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons National Council of Women, Christchurch, 1896.jpg - According to the National Library of New Zealand the photographer is unidentified., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Women having tea outside the house of William and Lydia Williams in Napier, between 1888-1899 (3588480640).jpg - National Library NZ on The Commons, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons Temperance Ladies' Brass Band, possibly in Auckland, ca 1910s (4284004630).jpg - National Library NZ on The Commons, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons AWNS-19190501-34-2 NZ Soldiers returning - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19190501-34-2. No known copyright restrictions. PU9736.png - Pyne, William Henry, Public Domain, Royal Museum of Greenwich Captainjamescookportrait - Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons TO18860213.1.8-23-1763-1414-930-c256.png - Then, for Exercise, you can have a Fight with a boy bigger than yourself. (Observer, 13 February 1886). Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/3613372 TO18901206.1.6-48-4100-2089-1204-c256.png - Untitled Illustration. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/4195732 MA_I416269_TePapa_Dee-Street-Invercargill_full - Dee Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, 1906, Invercargill, by Muir & Moodie. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (PS.001113/01) MA_I454805_TePapa_East-peak-group-of-Hokonui_full - East peak group of Hokonui hills ...., 29 April 1950, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.009528) MA_I835389_TePapa_Mataura_full - Mataura, circa 1905, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie. Te Papa (C.013724) MA_I835392_TePapa_The-bridge-Mataura_full - The bridge, Mataura, circa 1905, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie. Te Papa (C.013728) WW1_-_Soldiers_from_New_Zealand_going_to_the_front_(14820744153) - Aussie~mobs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons MA_I835391_TePapa_MacGibbons-corner-Mataura_full - MacGibbon's corner, Mataura, circa 1905, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie. Te Papa (C.013727) MA_I416303_TePapa_Beer-Town-Invercargill_full - Beer Town, Invercargill, New Zealand, 1906, Invercargill, by Muir & Moodie. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (PS.001129) MA_I416861_TePapa_Mataura-The-Bridge_full - Mataura, The Bridge, 1905, Mataura, by Muir & Moodie. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (PS.001490) Photos_169347_full - Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-18991215-04-02 1862-Pigroot-Wagon-Murray-RW - P1979-008/1-591 - Hocken Collections - Uare Taoka o Hākena Nevis-Miners-Huts-RW-Murray-Slide-Collection-for-web__ScaleWidthWzc4MF0.jpg - (Public Domain) Hocken Collections | Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Trevor Moffitt – Hokonui Moonshine Series Director, Producer and Camera: Gerard Smyth Second Camera: Antony Miller Line Producers: Kirsty Cooper & Antony Miller Editor: Sarah Grohnert Research: Bill Morris Colour & Online: Mike Kelland Audio Post: Chris Sinclair Funded by NZ On Air