Joseph & Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings & prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Abandoning his farm & family he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps a moral wilderness where many others under the seductive dreams of the colour are violently rushing to their destinies. By turns both moving & terrifying The Colour is about a quest for the impossible an attempt to mine the complexities of love & explore the sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of happiness.