Story: Pacific churches in New Zealand

Reverend Minister McCat's holy water

The Reverend Minister McCat is a character in the popular animated television series bro'Town, which focuses on a Pacific Island community. McCat is satirised as grasping and corrupt. In this clip he peddles 'special holy braininess water', which he claims is behind another character's success in a school quiz show.

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Cluny Macpherson, 'Pacific churches in New Zealand - Change and adaptation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/26739/reverend-minister-mccats-holy-water (accessed 16 May 2024)

Story by Cluny Macpherson, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 10 Apr 2018