Manukau residents have the opportunity of seeing the Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show this week.

Free screenings of the Last Film Search discoveries and treasures of the NZ Film Archive vaults will be held at Council’s Otara Music Arts Centre at 7pm on Friday 4 May, and at te tuhi – the mark (Pakuranga) at 6pm on Sunday 6 May.

Free tickets are available from BNZ branches in Otahuhu, East Tamaki, Papatoetoe, Pakuranga and Panmure.

Brett Jude, Council’s Leisure Services Operations Manager, says “Council is pleased to be able to host two screenings of this nation-wide tour here in Manukau. This is a great opportunity for our residents to help celebrate a century of New Zealand movie-making.”

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