WILD HORSES

When Dan Mitchell loses his job at the local mill, he decides to capture and sell the wild horses which roam free in the foothills of Mount Ruapehu. Joined by friends, the Sullivan brothers and former rodeo riders Sam and Sara, Dan packs up house and home and heads for the hills.

Trouble begins when the deer hunters in the park maintain that the horses and their catchers scare away their prey. They begin shooting the horses at random. Wild Horses is a New Zealand western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central Plateau during the 1960s and 1970s.

Filming of Wild Horses took place from January 14, 1982 to March 12, 1982 and received its New Zealand cinema release in 1984, festival release 1983