Biography
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Once Were Warriors
1994-09-02
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth H
The Man Who Lost His Head
2007-08-25
Martin Clunes stars as a straight-laced museum curator who finds himself travelling to New Zealand t
The Dead Lands
2014-09-04
Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and
Hitch Hike
2012-03-08
On a trip to find his birth mother, 18-year-old Aaron is forced to hitch a ride with a rough- lookin
Kawa
2010-10-17
A psychological drama of a family in crisis. Kawa, a successful Māori businessman in Auckland, New Z
Home Kills
2023-07-28
It's desperate times for a small rural home kills and butchery service, as big business begins to th
We Are Still Here
2023-02-02
In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19t
The Pā Boys
2014-02-06
The Pa Boys is an energetic, uplifting road movie capturing the best of New Zealand's culture, beaut
The Difference Between Pipi & Pūpū
2022-07-30
When estranged son, Tai, is called home to Aotearoa to his father Putty's deathbed, he is forced to
Smog
2022-07-30
Thick, deadly smog blankets the globe, reducing visibility to less than a few metres. In a secluded
Elevation
2015-08-01
A Maori gang member and a Neo-Nazi become trapped in an elevator and must put aside their difference
The Last Saint
2014-08-28
Minka is a teenage Polynesian boy living in the heart of the city. With his P-addicted mother well o
Crooked Earth
2001-08-23
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former
Waitangi Day: What Really Happened
2011-02-06
This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading
The Feathers of Peace
2000-08-04
This remarkable film traces the final impact which both races had on the indigenous Moriori of the C
Warbrick
2009-01-01
This short follows Joe Warbrick (Calvin Tuteao), captain of the New Zealand Natives rugby team, as h
In Dark Places
2018-07-22
In Dark Places is the gripping story of an innocent man, imprisoned for two decades for a crime he d
Patu Ihu
2008-01-01
After the death of his uncle, a young man remembers back to a game his uncle taught him.
Cousins
2021-03-03
Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each
Lawless
1999-06-26
An undercover cop who has been undercover for too long has to prepare to make the biggest bust of hi
Back River Road
2001-01-01
A film about a single mum and her kids, its got love and teenage angst with a performance by Ray Woo
Kōkā
2025-06-19
Under the celestial guidance of Matariki, Māori elder Hamo and local delinquent Jo form an unlikely