Georgie Pie Documentary - "Bring Back the George".
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- "Being Back the George" ©2008, Gareth Thorne. / gareth-thorne-089919151
Produced, Directed and Written by Gareth Thorne.
Presented and Written by Drew Chappell.
Director of Photography, Daniel Fowler: www.fuzzdigital.com.au
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"Bring back the George" tells the true story of what really happened to New Zealand's much loved Georgie Pie restaurants. For many, Georgie Pie was a childhood highlight, a treasured family spot and a place where memories were born. Georgie Pie was at the height of popularity when it mysteriously closed its doors for good in the mid 90s.
Thanks to all who were involved in the making of this documentary, please see credits section at end of doco.
This doco was shockingly good for an amateur. Enjoyed every minute 😁
Best youtuber in 2024
Thanks Mike, it was one of our final projects we produced when we were just youngins at broadcasting/film school. Was a truly great fun to put together as a team.
13 years ago jeez,
Who’s watching this in 1980 , yasssayaaa
I frequented the original Kelston Georgie Pie in the early 80's and onwards. Those were the best pies of all time. It's enough to make a grown man cry.
My god. That was first class production. You have become a kiwi icon yourself now! Congrats.
Tauranga Georgie Pie awesome Thanks for making this ! I remember flatting and one of the guys did the weeks shopping and brought 150 Mince and Cheese pies for $150 !!!!!
As a former Lynn-Mall (New Lynn, West Auckland) Georgie Pie Employee this was a fantastic watch and I loved my time at the company and the the mall branch.
I've been in Oz since "97 and seeing some of the old adds like Benji and the Flight of the Navigator was a real trip to the past I would love to have been able to get there for just one last pie.
I miss those Mince and Cheese pies.. or our Apple pie with ice cream.
Growing up in Aus, always heard about kiwis pies whenever tried anyway. I'm moving to Wellington in a few years time,and when I get there I'm finally going to experience and try out kiwi pies, and I want try a hangi.
"Excelsior Bakery" in Wainuiomata or "Real Meat Pies" in Woburn, Lower Hutt are my recommendations :)
I now live in Australia, and none of my friends here will never understand how good Georgie Pie is.
It was never good.
Let it go
That classic kiwi double negative 😅
Let's bring it back.
I am still missing GP in Glenfield (At the corner of Glenfield rd and Wairau rd).
My son, Vincent used to enjoy visiting that place!!!!
My best mates mum was the afternoon shift manager there. When she cleaned up for closing time she'd bring home the unsold pies. We used to feast on all of them . Miss those days and the GP Glenfield
this was awesome as, brought back fond memorys
This is the first video that I've responded to, thank you for your hard efforts, you certainly have taken a lot of New Zealanders including myself back down memory lane, Georgie Pie was indeed the most memorable foods of the 90's The legacy of Georgie Pie will always live on. "BRING BACK GEORGIE PIE"
Watching this 10 years to the day! loved it.
I'm an Aussie and I now love Georgie pie
Oh the memories Glenfield GP - Thank you soooo much!!
Beautiful. I remember finishing primary school and travelling to the closest shop at Highland Park at least 3 times a week to indulge in the best pies I've ever tasted. Watching this had those family feelings flooding back, bringing back tears to the eyes. Love it!
Great documentary that should screen on telly. Well done man. Shame not that many have watched so far. Bring back Georgie Pie!
One day I felt adventurous and tried their curry pie and I was immediately hooked. Couldn't forget how good it tastes till this day.
The Baker with one hand and leg , you are my ROLE MODEL. All the best for you mate God always with you. from Melbourne .
I remember after saturday rugby(me then brothers game) with dad coaching 1 team and sisters netball we would go get GP for lunch.. Then go watch either the seniors of the rugby club or go to the auckland team game if a home game mid afternoon then back to the rugby clubrooms for prizegiving.. No wonder my parents slept in on sundays
well done !! great documentary
great documentary bro!! all da way from hawaii!!
This doco is excellent!
I love Georgie pies, dad and I would go to Greenlane Georgie pies and have our own pie eating contest, with me being the winner every time.
But these were great pies and memories with my dad.
My favourite Georgie pie was the pork and vegetable pie, I literally still get cravings for it now.
Yea a couple of years ago I came across GP in a service centre McDonals in NSW Australia. I got the shock of my life. But honestly they didn’t taste the same. I went back a few months lasted and they were gone.
Great Channel and Doco mate! Liked an Subbed!
Great doc and heartwarming storyline. Very cool. Never heard of the company.
13 years later
G'day Mate
I never heard of Georgie Pie, as I was born and raised in Miami, Florida, United States. I know if I lived around the time Georgie Pie was around in New Zealand, I would have been born a year before the first Georgie Pie would open. By the looks of the documentary I would have been devouring those pies. It looked delicious. That's not all I captured from the documentary. I learned how wonderful the people seem to be. Me. New Zealanders just have so much drive and heart. Your country just enticed me to visit. Amazing Doc!
10:00 I WANT HAVOC TO BE RACIST TO THIS STUPID WIGGER
Great Doco.... Makes me really hungry for a good old pie
"A customer getting rowdy or... jacked up on pies"
Priceless.
I loved the Highland Park Georgie Pie, my brother and sister won bikes from their colouring contest, and I won some stuff too. But it was their pies that were the best. I went to Pakuranga College as well. I miss Georgie Pie.
man soo much memories,BRING BACK GEOGIE PIE
No
The icon is back but at a price. $4.50 for a mince n cheese is a big rip off and it doesn't taste anything like the original.
And they didn't bring the plain mince pie back :( I absolutely hate cheese, so still haven't been able to try one and reminisce!
good on you bro, awesome doco you made :)
"If we lose what makes us unique and what defines us as New Zealanders, what else do we have?" Amen! Let's not sell any more of our assets!!!
Thanks for making this awesome doco and taking me back to my youth. Great job!
Spliff + balackberry apple and ice cream pie = happiness. Georgie pie pops into my head atleast once a month
I left NZ for Japan in 1994 and never returned (although Japan only lasted three years)- Georgie Pie and Frying Saucers are two things I miss above all.
Great to hear that Georgie pie is back to the future.
This is full of golden one liners...My headache is gone! 22.56... I was inwardly jealous 🤣
Awesome doco, i love this :D
Loved Zap.
the chocolate milk drink?
The original primo 😂
Legend.
This brings back memories...they have the best pies ever
Bring it back
Back in the day, some of my classmates had after-school jobs at the Highland Park (Howick/Pakuranga) branch. Those were the days......
Richard Voogd omg that’s the Georgie pie I went to when I was little. I’m now in aus and miss those pies 🤤
My favorite childhood❤❤❤
Awesome pastry
love it
Used to have Georgie Pie at Porirua after swimming competitions in the 90's. Good times!
nice work
I worked for G.P in the late 80s, awesome place, awesome pies, awesome people
Good work, bring back GP
Brilliant 👍
Good Doco brother!!😊
Loved that place as a kid!!Still have some cool photos from My Birthday Party!! Definitely missed and loved from Me, My whanau and the whole of Aotearoa and still Talked about today!!❤
💯
a relative of mine has some video footage of the tauranga Georgie Pie , I will be getting a copy of this hopefully before the end of the year and I will upload it .
loved the closing line hahahaha
HAHAHAHAH freaking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
cant wait to taste these pies again!!! georgie pic is coming back!
Omg Simon Barnett's account of dropping hot pie filling on your knee in the car is so damn relatable. I love him so much haahaha.
Yeh that was my only slight issue with their pies, they were so dam hot, like a toasted cheese sandwich or spaghetti toasted sandwich, you couldn't eat it until 45 min lol
Can they bring back Sparkles? Loved those as a kid
And Deck...
Awesome video! Georgie Pie = Everything this dude said in the beginning of the documentary. YEAH Kelston Boys at 17:17. We were loyal patrons
They are not the same as they use to be, pastry, cheese are different and i think they forgot the main ingredient...LOVE
Eww 😷 gross,
I am glad they went out of business because love also known as CUM is gross in food.
I barely remember it. I went to the one in Takanini as a kid. Loved it. They had a ball pit I went in. It closed not too long after. Apparently closed in 1998 all the stores. I was only 6. Doesn't seem it closed that soon. Sure it was later (1999) I do remember getting a pie though. Also got them at Hunters Plaza I think. They had stiff crusts around the edges. Kind of remember the taste.
Wow, I almost cried from the emotions of bringing back the George! haha! Shot Gareth and his crew! Wish u did the one day exercise in Auckland! But crackup that I used to work with Brian Popham at Air NZ! Now I will email him for the pie recipie!
I miss Georgie pie 🥧😮
mmm Georie pie,nice doco thanks
I was born in NZ but grew up most of my childhood in Oz. One of the only photos I have from my time in NZ is a photo taken at Georgie Pie, lol.
Im crying and very jealous.
Had all my birthday party's at Greenlane 1 . Buzz bar Sundays all day
Man, I remember when the Tauranga one opened - was around end of 1993 they were soooo late to get one!....Amazing pies! Used to go about 3 times a week lol. Only menu item I didn't like was their milkshakes....Sadly It was gone by 1998.
Yay georgie pie is backkkkk !!!!!
I remember Zap also.
How about Tang?
It was a cordial...but so much better than Refresh or Raro.
I recently rediscovered it.
Not here in NZ but in the Philippines.
Some Asian stores are stocking it here though.
How about Crazy Joes
Bring it back
Im glad we have Georgie pie back in NZ
I missed Georgie Pie , it was my ❤️ pie when I lived in NZ , kids have pie after school , as its very closed to school ,it was $1 👍
i miss it bring it back lol in every city !!!!
Georgia Pie was King of pies No.1 bestseller in its hey day. Value for money perfectly made with the best pastry second to none a real family place to visit. Used to go on my lunch break to buy one until one day I went but it just closed without much notice only to say GP is closing no reason given as to why all branches closing & staff made jobless overnight! I was gutted had no lunch that day was heartbroken. Unfortunately, due to poor management of expansions & business practices they fell on hard times leaving them open for big global giants to take advantage of their vulnerable state. Being sold to globalization was worse thing for Kiwi icon as McDonald's clearly knew they couldn't compete with GP so they did what any bully does best take them out but in our case for good NO RETURN as Kiwis love their pies too much more than burgers! McDonald's did not win the loyalty of fans of the pies as it left everyone with a bitter taste in their mouths as how could this have happened to a good successful business serving generations of die hard pie lovers!
McDonald's will never bring GP back don't we all know it. They tried to in a promotion period but it was all hype total crap pies nothing like GP!! Hope someday the King of pies reigns again, never buy from McDonald's as they have no concept of making pies & they throughout history have stolen & burned businesses & taken ideas from others claiming for themselves as they have the funds & powers to do it as $$$ talks! GP is gone but never forgotten we all still have fond memories & they can't take those away from us ! ❤😄👍
fuck all the haters, these pies were pure bliss.
New Zealand fighting against the big corporations
AND
Pies served with chips !!!!!!
Beautiful.
ITS BACK!
Awesome video! Georgie Pie = Everything this dude said in the beginning of the documentary. YEAH Kelston Boys at 17:17. We were loyal patrons. Off topic....do any of you guys remember the drink ZAP?
New Lynn was the place back in the Days!
I have a real craving for a pie now
Absolutly Brilliant , from Vivienne Gold Coast "Proud Kiwis Abroad "
Georgie pie out in Porirua was te one we would go to after playing Para plims, mana,tawa junior rugby before we would head back over the hill to stokes valley. Red n yellow represent.
You could make every local Dairy and supermarket a Georgie Pie restaurant by getting them to stock the pies, most people like puff pastry top and short pastry bottoms
bring it back
Georgie Pie, Highland Park was just across from Pakuranga College where I went to school.
I revisited Auckland recently & it doesn't look the same without Georgie Pie.
Does anybody remember "Uncles" food bars?
They are gone also!
I used to walk home drunk from the White Horse, Pakuranga & stopping at the top of the hill for a Seadog (which was really just a crabstick smothered in melted cheese & tartare sauce in a long steamed roll)
There was one in Panmure also
I MISS THOSE DAYS
HoldenMcgutzen Yes Uncles on the Pakuranga highway. A Chinese couple were running it.
Uncles , was best place to get a feed , 😊 G.I AND PANMURE ,
This fella's got those Tom Holland vibes.
Takes me back to my days growing up in Tauranga and me and my mates smashing those $1 🥧. Loved Georgie Pies ❤
Fond memories of GP pies.$1-$4 Was the only fast food outlet to sell fries in the opening morning hours if i recall correctly
The Green Lane mcdonald used to be a Georgi pie in my dad's day, people used to tease them a bit because it was called their "international headquarters" I remember years ago McDonald's did a promotion where they brought it onto their menu for a brief while, we had come back from a car show and it was on the menu. also there was a random lady getting into a fight about change with the cashier, back in the day before all the ordering terminals
In samoa its called "Siosi Pie"
Georgie Pie Palmerston North was Top Tier! It's simple why it was closed down McDonald's had the money at the time and. Brought them then closed them down. Competition ladys & gentleman. Also this guy who created this video is a legend!
We went thru the Georgie Pie drive-thru in Christchurch in a stretch limousine. The bend in the drive-thru proved to be quite a challenge. Hence, that was the first and last time that limo went thru the Georgie Pie drive-thru. 😂
Loved Georgie pies
Somewhere along Glenfield Rd, Auckland. The building is still there but it's now a Vietnamese restaurant :(
The georgie pie in Glenfield, North Shore was the best!
Very sad this disappeared from the NZ retail food scene. I would love to see it revived so I could take my grand children to experience it. The Fish pie was one of my favourites. Cmon McDonalds bring it back or allow someone else too! :-)
Recommended to me in 2024 and this is fucking fantastic. Fuck McDonalds for teasing us with a re-opening (must've been ten years ago?) and then only selling pies for six months.
❤ bring back Georgie pie
Is it still open?
Now I want a pie