New Zealand Movies

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary...

Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the Kea, the world's only alpine parrot. Playful and destructive, it attacks cars, starts...

A touching story about the relationship of an American pilot named Ray Walker with a boy and his family on a ranch in New Zealand. Bill, the...

Told through the eyes of an Australian news reporter, Eammon Ashton-Atkinson, who moved to the UK to escape depression, the documentary, follows 3...

A psychologist with unconventional methods challenges a psychiatric hospital and win the admiration and love of a doctor, but he pulls back due to...

The true story of Jean Batten is of a daughter determined to live up to a powerful mother, desperate to leave a mark on the world – and...

A place of biological superlatives with a flora and fauna that have only just begun to be researched: Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New...

After a massive earthquake cut the South Island town of Kaikōura off from the rest of the country, a huge effort went into rebuilding the road...

Based on the true story of Chris Crean, who took a stand against gang violence in his community only to become a target himself.

Three orphaned boys - O'Malley, Rossi and Moir - become blood brothers. When they grow up, they plot revenge on the crooks who got away with...

A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.

This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headlines over claims that its portrayal of...

Filmed during the recent nationwide tour, international guests Wilson Dixon, Wil Anderson, Jarlath Regan, Zoe Lyons and Jarred Christmas join host...

"This singular, bleakly funny, R-rated vision of Kiwi life clinches King's position as the most distinctive new voice in NZ film, as insistent and...

The girls and gorillas at a singing telegram company are overworked because it is Valentine's Day. A series of sub-plots - a sexist disc jockey...

When a hotel housemaid is dumped by her boyfriend, a guileless bellboy leaps into the breach, helping her see past present heartbreak. Yes, life is...

On the wild west coast of Auckland in New Zealand we follow one man's enforced isolation. Pacing the beach, he wonders if those dear to him will ever...

The dramatic behind-the-scenes story of All Black Stephen Donald and the pentaly kick that saved the 2011 World Cup.

'Ink and Gold: An Artist's Journey to Olympic Glory' is a short form documentary that follows the journey of New Zealand artist and athlete, Zakea...

Covers the 12-week-long strike at Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill, owned by New Zealand Forest Products in January 1980.