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Photos from the Tavern shoot

The Tavern cast having one of their monthly table reads in the lead up to shooting.

The Tavern cast having a photo post table read for the Cambridge News.

Our first piece of press in the Cambridge News.

One month before shooting started we did the last table read at the Masonic Hotel where we shot the film.

Hamilton musiicans Scotty Stone, Ben Lummis and Anthony Brown.

Actos Matt Hicks and Narina Riddle with NZ Idol Ben Lummis.

Filming a party montage.

Filming at Te Rapa racecourse with cast and extras.

Filming at the Hamilton football grounds with local children.

Actor Matt Hicks ready for his close up.

Actors Phil Palmer and Kylah Caree chat between takes.

D.O.P Jared Jones ready for action.

Child actor Molly Ashburner in full make up.

Focus puller Dulith Gunasekera looking focused.

Duli flipping out between takes.

Cast members Creed Fletcher, Sarah Price and Thomas Burgone-Smith posing between takes.

Actor Stuart Shacklock in full make up.

Jared shooting the boys from a birds eye view.

Shooting in suburban Hamilton on a glorious day.

Actor Andrew T Lyall looking a bit scary.

Actor Josh McKenzie looking happy to be hurt.

Sarah Price doing her art director thing.

Using the dolly.

Rehearsing a scene with Mick Innes and the boys as director of photography Jared Jones analyses the scene.

Shooting at a storage unit in Hamilton.

Rehearsing with Mick Innes before going into the nights cold.

Actor Thomas Lee Easden getting thrown into the Waikato River by his famous All Black brother.

Actors Matt Hicks and Thomas Lee Easden making amends.

Actors Ryan Jackson and Matt Hicks about to shoot an emotional scene.

Actor Josh McKenzie readjusting himself.

Actor Stuart Shacklock with our star animal 'Pacy Porker'.

A rooftop rig set up at Te Rapa racecourse.

Actress Kylah Caree in full make up.

Jared Jones shooting a party montage.

Sarah making actor Dan Sage look beautiful.

Actor Matt Hicks with some bruised make up.

Filming a scene with heaps of extras.

Filming with actors Josh McKenzie and Narina Riddle.

Actor Thomas Lee Easden looking bruised but brooding.