Film talk…
Ben: Saw a film on the flight back about Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney, whose Christchurch Town Hall was wrecked in the 2011 quake. The government wanted to demolish it, but citizens—and Mayor Lianne Dalziel—fought to repair and preserve their heritage building. Well worth a watch.
Vivienne: Yes, I saw it at the film festival last year. And it reminded me of another story about a rescued building. In Napier. After the war, citizens paid for a memorial hall designed by Guy Natusch. Commercial interests later commandeered it, stripped its plaques, and even renamed the place. But Mayor Kirsten Wise rallied the people, reclaimed ownership for the city, reinstalled the Roll of Honour, and named the ballroom after Natusch. Civic victory.
Ben: Two cities, two halls, two mayors—each a guardian of collective identity. Uncanny parallel.
Vivienne: Imagine an afterword on the Maurice and I film. Maybe a short one weaving both tales together.
Ben: It’s a possibility. Archival footage, contemporary interviews, the wreckage followed by resurrection.
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Voice-over
This could work. Parallel narrative on common themes, characters and outcomes.
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