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“The sharemarket frenzy between 1985 and 1988 was a period of naked greed in New Zealand, where deceit and malpractice was evident on a vast scale. An era of rampant corporate banditry unparalleled in the history of New Zealand. It has left a dirty and embarrassing blot on our commercial reputation.” Charles Sturt, Head of the Serious Fraud Squad.
A two part documentary about the environment and players surrounding the stockmarket crash of 1987.
Part one looks at the environment and players surrounding the boom of the mid eighties and the subsequent crash of 1987. Part two examines what happened to the traders who lost their empires, and the many who served time for fraud.
Part one interviews: Michael Benjamin (Former Chairman of the Auckland Stock Exchange); Olly Newland (Landmark Corporation Ltd); Allan Hawkins (Equiticorp); Sir Robert (Bob) Jones (Robert Jones Investments Ltd); Sir Francis Renouf (Renouf Corporation Ltd); Charles Sturt, (Head of the Serious Fraud Squad); Tiffany Baragwanath, Maria Williams, Charlotte Dawson; Bradley Watson; Sir Ron Brierley (Brierley Investments Ltd); Bruce Judge, Phillipa Judge (Judge Corporation Ltd, Ariadne); Bruce Smith (Como Holdings Ltd); Lesley Wallis, Rosemary Tyler (Share Club); Joe Godard, Tony Gavigan (Former Fay Richwhite Bankers); Paul Nicholson, Nigel Scott, (Stockbrokers); Tony Astle (Antoines Restaurant); Sir Roger Douglas (Former Minister of Finance); Jenny Douglas (Douglas’ Mother); Cedric Allen, Robert Fenwick (Public Relations Consultants); Ross Speakman.
People mentioned but not interviewed: Colin Reynolds (Chase Corporation); Sir Michael Fay (Capital Markets, Fay Richwhite).