The Aliens of Poverty Bay
The late 1970's saw the East Coast go through the largest UFO flap New Zealand had ever seen. Flying saucers, hitchhiking aliens, the world ending in 2007 - all manner of things were reported. Acclaimed filmmaker Martin Boyle has left it until now to release his documentary that sets out to tell the story of those encounters left behind in the fire of time. A thrilling, true story.
The Aliens of Poverty Bay
A Thrilling, True Story.
The NZ X-Files are out…on stage The largest amount of previously top-secret material of UFO’s in New Zealand has recently been released. But yet to be released is the account of a film lecturers endeavor to capture the mystery of that time. Martin Boyle invites you to examine this unfamiliar aspect of New Zealand History.
Its 1978, December 30th, New Zealand UFOs are rife, and then we have one of the most compelling well-recorded encounters of a UFO ever. Martin Boyle, a film buff and enthusiast of the surreal, has set out to interview and document a community with an unknown guest(s).
Encounter the Alien, the UFO, the unidentified flying object, and the unidentified floating object. What is the alien? What is alien? Some people start off being aliens to ourselves and then end up being our friends; some of them remain in the fog.
Performed by Aidan Weekes, a 2009 graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. Since graduating he has worked with Silo Theatre on “That Face” with Jennifer Ward-Lealand, and Capital E’s “End Game” directed by Leo Gene Peters.