List of movies on New Zealand

Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones...

Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.

Whetū Mārama is the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi and his significance for Māori in rekindling their wayfinding DNA,...

Inspired by an ancient Māori story in which nature intermingles with a child’s love, Washday depicts – with tremendous sensitivity...

A Māori elder must bear the burden of carrying the spirits of her ancestors to their sacred mountain.

On the day she gets her first menses, Hinekura is initiated into adulthood with ceremony and blessings. She's taken to a wananga where her role...

After a successful raid and having captured a rival village's leader, a war party must drag their huge canoe or "Taua" through the forest to reach...

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge...

A companion to Yumi yet, O’Rourke and Kildea’s Ileksen (derived from the English 'election’) documents Papua New Guinea’s...

In pre-colonial Aotearoa a young Māori girl witnesses the best and worst of a rapidly changing world when she encounters a dying man and his...

Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence, the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A...

A young girl finds comfort in play and slowly reconnects with her distant father after her mother walks out on the family.

A modern day take on the classic bard tale - with Silver as a movie producer.

Kala Kunbolk follows women of Gunbalanya, Arnhem Land, in their quest to preserve their age old tradition of collecting pandanus leaves and natural...

A son returns home to help is mother get her affairs in order.

A young Māori girl in the care of a conservative English couple savours her mother's weekly visitations, as a custody battle driven by racial...

Opens Looks is a short film told in English and Cook Islands Māori. A story of love, redemption and basketball.

An Inuit child wanders away from his village, fascinated by a wild bird. His father follow his trail, determined to find him before he gets lost on...

In 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists sought to stop Pākehā students at the University of Auckland performing a...

Tai Whetuki delves into Māori and Pacific cultural practices pertaining to death and mourning. Haunting and evocative images, accompanied by an...

Sisters Tia and Ina are far from home. Tia is focused on her work, while the free-spirited Ina just wants to dance.

In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by...

Set in 1870's Taranaki, Aotearoa. The Land Wars in Aotearoa are over. A Taranaki hapū is planning a feast with Pākehā former soldiers...

Symbolized in the bird’s flight, a group of Māori, Pākehā and Colombian creatives explore life’s journey, the longing to...