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Kiwi comedian Leigh Hart entertains from his Mangawhai lockdown bunker

April 2, 2020

He’s broadcasting from his lockdown pad at Mangawhai.

Comedian Leigh Hart was putting the finishing touches to his new series of the Late Night Big Breakfast when the coronavirus lockdown shut down production.

So he grabbed the family, headed to his cottage in Mangawhai and cooked up a plan to keep us entertained.

Beginning this weekend on TVNZ’s Duke channel is Leigh Hart's Big Isolation Lockdown.

He says he wants to "connect the country" as it locks down over the Covid-19 crisis. 

Watch the full story in the video above.  
  

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