Pirates of the Airwaves

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.

Cast

Ryan O'Kane

as Derek Lowe

Cohen Holloway

as David Gapes

Andrew Robertt

as William Cullen

Michael Whalley

as Denis 'Doc' O'Callahan

Benedict Wall

as Rick Grant

Leon Wadham

as Paul Lineham

Daniel Cleary

as Jack Scott (as Dan Cleary)

Benjamin Murray

as Chris Parkinson

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