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...been watching the new tide of Kiwi filmmakers with interest. In the wake of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the New Zealand industry has been experiencing something of a second coming: from the just-released true-crime flick Out of the Blue, based on the 1990 Aramoana massacre, to Jonathan King's eagerly awaited genetic-engineering fantasy horror, Black Sheep, which carries the tagline, there are 40 million sheep in new zealand-and they're pissed off! Says Conrich, who hosted a panel discussion following No. 2's London Film Festival gala screening last week, "the stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Homecoming | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

Dusk was settling over the seaside South Island village of Aramoana (pop. 52) last week when a volley of shots ruptured the evening calm. Almost simultaneously, an orange glow lit the darkening sky as fire licked at the house of Garry Holden, 38, a naturopath who lived with his two daughters at the far end of the village. Many of the locals interrupted their dinners to investigate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Zealand: Firing at Sundown | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

After a 23-hour siege, tear gas finally flushed Gray from a house in which he had holed up. He emerged shooting and was killed by police gunfire. The toll: 14 dead, more than a quarter of Aramoana's population, and three injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Zealand: Firing at Sundown | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

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