From director David Blyth, Paradise Soldiers is a documentary made for ANZAC Day 2020 with the support of NZ On Air revealing the largely untold accounts of young Cook Island soldiers who enlisted to aid New Zealand in military combat over the decades.

David Blyth is a documentary maker, whose principal focus is on New Zealand’s role in the wars of the 20th Century. He has produced and directed several notable works on the subject, including many hours of content under his Memories of Service banner for NZ On Screen and multiple television documentaries.