Based on real events, Dancing in the Wilderness fictionalises
two significant periods of awakening in New Zealand's history - the birth
of the Labour movement at the turn of the century, and the birth of
environmental activism ninety years later.
All that remains of the thriving village at Burnetts Face are a few crumbling brick chimney pieces and rusted machinery.
The coal bins that frightened Henrietta Jackson so much in 1908 as they juddered past her back door are now on display near Denniston
Coal bins used to pass right in front of the houses at Burnetts Face, worrying many a mother