Martin Rumsby

Manurewa Newsreel 707: Walking South Auckland (2017)

5 min 10 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

Five still images in five minutes of people living in and around the artists' home suburb of Manurewa, Auckland. The artist narrates a voiceover describing the peoples lives. Intertitles describe the people featured as Wayne Anderson (a singer who stands in front of pictures of New Zealand crooner John Rowles; Angie and Carolyn at Papakura train station; Dida on the bus, Wiri; Krishna, Fijian Indian taylor. The last image is titled 'Living in a garage, Papakura' and appears to show a mother and daughter in an embrace to camera.

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