A bogan who made a career out of his Holden car-loving, heavy metal, black T-shirt-wearing lifestyle is to bring "boganology" to the small screen thanks to more than $300,000 of taxpayer money.
Dave Snell, whose PhD on bogans was also funded by the taxpayer back in 2007 to the tune
of $96,000, is to feature in an observational documentary series exploring the lives of Kiwi bogans.
The 10-episode series, titled Bogan's Heroes, was yesterday granted $321,902 by NZ on Air. Five other documentaries also received grants. The money will partially fund the programme, not yet in production, which will air on TV2 at an unconfirmed date.
Dr Snell, or Dr Bogan as he is known, became a household name in boganism when he won the prestigious scholarship from the Tertiary Education Commission eight years ago to pay for his research into bogans at the University of Waikato.
After his thesis, Dr Snell published a book on his favourite subject called Bogan: An insider's guide to metal, mullets and mayhem. He told the Herald he couldn't comment on the new venture, to be produced by Nigel Snowden of Workhouse.
