New Zealand Movies

Director Tearepa Kahi’s follow-up to the infectious Poi E is a rousing celebration of Pacific reggae legends Herbs, the band’s members...

The new film by Māori psychologist and filmmaker Paora Joseph (Tātarakihi: Children of Parihaka) invites open discussion of suicide through...

Two teens in an earthquake damaged city go on a journey to rediscover the life in the cracks.

Change is afoot in New Zealand as creative forces take on the ultimate Kiwi icon. But all is not well in paradise, and the nation is divided. Whilst...

A young woman is obsessed by memories of her lover, who had vanished the previous summer.

An independently shot pilot for what, eventually, became THE MILLEN BAIRD SHOW.

A young deaf Maori boy defies isolation to grow from an undervalued youth into a proud young man.

Southern New Zealand is home to an incredible diversity of penguins; each species has its mode of reproduction, its habits of brooding and teaching...

In the early hours of New Year’s Day 1998, Olivia Hope and Ben Smart boarded a yacht with a man, and were never seen again. The case enthralled...

A farmer, teacher and priest undertake a daring mission to deflate a giant radome at the Waihopai spy base in protest at New Zealand's involvement in...

An intimate story of a courageous family ultimately strengthened despite a dehumanising hereditary disease that takes no prisoners

A lonely old widower spends his evenings making odd noises which draw the suspicion of his nosey neighbours - but all is not what it seems.

By using telnet to a server, one could watch the extremely primitive text based animation honoring the first 20 minutes of Star Wars.

A 2003 TVNZ documentary on the capture of the criminal responsible for one of New Zealand's most heinous crimes. On June 19, 1987, 6-year-old Teresa...

It's 1973 and young New Zealand couple Kim and Janeen have run away to Europe and joined the circus - The Continental Circus. They're part of a...

Comedy Routine by the Laughing Samoans. Filmed at the Wellington Opera House on 27 November 2004.

New Zealand's second talkie film, a fast moving original feature comedy filmed in Dunedin about the eccentric owner of famous race horse Phar Lap....

Colin Hodson is an axiom of Aro Valley no-budget cinema. The male half of the "Uncomfortable Comfortable" couple, and director/star of "Shifter", now...

A community comedy set in Feilding using local people in the leading roles. The Manawatū town’s name is however misspelt in the title. The...

A film about a dream about a film.