After failing to fix its 20-year methamphetamine crisis, New Zealand
is gripped by the second wave of a devastating epidemic. Fighting the Demon is an unflinching 40-minute documentary investigation from deep within the crisis, created by a team of investigative reporters who spent six months in communities ravaged by meth.
is gripped by the second wave of a devastating epidemic. Fighting the Demon is an unflinching 40-minute documentary investigation from deep within the crisis, created by a team of investigative reporters who spent six months in communities ravaged by meth.
In towns across the country, the journalists met users desperate for help, former addicts still struggling years after giving up and families forever torn apart by the impact of the drug.
Mike was the director and main camera for Fighting the Demon, his second NZ on Air funded documentary.