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''Mortimer's Patch'' was a popular TVNZ
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from the early 1980s. It featured actors Terence Cooper,
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Don Selwyn Don Charles Selwyn (22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Māori actor and filmmaker from New Zealand. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film '' Te tangata whai rawa o Weneti (The Maori me ...
and Jim Hickey and depicted detective and
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work in the fictional town of "Cobham". It was filmed in and around
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''Mortimer's Patch'' at the IMDb databaseFirst episode at NZonscreen.com
New Zealand drama television series 1980s New Zealand television series 1980 New Zealand television series debuts 1984 New Zealand television series endings TVNZ original programming Detective television series {{NewZealand-tv-prog-stub