In a Land of Plenty

The story of unemployment in New Zealand and the film In A Land of Plenty unfolds as an exploration of that very reality. Beginning with the post-Depression consensus that New Zealand's economic policy should aim for full employment, it traces how this approach was radically shifted by the 1984 Labour government. Director Alister Barry makes his position clear, applying a humanist lens to Rogernomics and arguing that the policy produced negative effects on society, as a new poverty-stricken underclass developed.