Pirates of the Airwaves

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Pirates of the Airwaves

2014

1h 10m

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Overview

In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radio station aboard a ship in the Hauraki Gulf.

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8 members

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Ryan O'Kane

Derek Lowe

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Cohen Holloway

David Gapes

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Andrew Robertt

William Cullen

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Michael Whalley

Denis 'Doc' O'Callahan

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Benedict Wall

Rick Grant

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Leon Wadham

Paul Lineham

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Daniel Cleary

Jack Scott (as Dan Cleary)

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Benjamin Murray

Chris Parkinson

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