Maori Movies

  • 2019
    Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

    Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

    Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

    6.72019HD

    This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some...

    Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
  • 2020
    Rurangi

    Rurangi

    Rurangi

    102020HD

    After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to...

    Rurangi
  • 2022
    Whina

    Whina

    Whina

    7.62022HD

    The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed...

    Whina
  • 2015
    Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses

    Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses

    Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses

    6.42015HD

    This impressive doco disperses the fog of shame and sensationalism to shed light on the tragedy that made international headlines in 2007 when a...

    Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses
  • 1996
    Flight of the Albatross

    Flight of the Albatross

    Flight of the Albatross

    7.21996HD

    After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably...

    Flight of the Albatross
  • 1986
    Mark II

    Mark II

    Mark II

    6.51986HD

    Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from...

    Mark II
  • 1961
    Two Loves

    Two Loves

    Two Loves

    4.91961HD

    American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her...

    Two Loves
  • 1996
    Peach

    Peach

    Peach

    6.51996HD

    Lucy Lawless stars in this short which predated her rise to fame as Xena Princess Warrior. Sal is in a relationship going nowhere with Mog, a...

    Peach
  • 2011
    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

    02011HD

    This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi's signing on 6...

    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened
  • 1996
    Twilight of the Gods

    Twilight of the Gods

    Twilight of the Gods

    5.71996HD

    A Maori warrior comes upon the aftermath of a battle to find that the only survivor is a wounded enemy soldier. His wishes to avenge his fallen...

    Twilight of the Gods
  • 2018
    Broken

    Broken

    Broken

    6.22018HD

    Logan, an ex-gang leader, has left the gang life to raise his daughter Tori. But when Tori is murdered by an opposing gang in town, Logan must choose...

    Broken
  • 1991
    Te Rua

    Te Rua

    Te Rua

    61991HD

    A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient...

    Te Rua
  • 1986
    Arriving Tuesday

    Arriving Tuesday

    Arriving Tuesday

    6.51986HD

    Monica arrives back from her big overseas experience to find her boyfriend Nick unchanged. Although Nick styles himself an artist, he is really...

    Arriving Tuesday
  • 2015
    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    02015HD

    Two decades on from Cinema of Unease, Tim Wong’s essay film contemplates the prevailing image of a national cinema while privileging some of...

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema
  • 2011
    Operation 8

    Operation 8

    Operation 8

    02011HD

    Operation 8 examines the so-called 'anti-terror' raids that took place around New Zealand on October 15, 2007 - asking how and why they took place...

    Operation 8
  • 1970
    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    01970HD

    Stories of Waitara combines oral histories, state of the art animations and powerful dramatic re-enactments to bring to life the narratives of Te...

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara
  • 1978
    New Country - New People

    New Country - New People

    New Country - New People

    01978HD

    A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.

    New Country - New People
  • 1940
    Rewi's Last Stand

    Rewi's Last Stand

    Rewi's Last Stand

    41940HD

    Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of...

    Rewi's Last Stand
  • 1980
    Bastion Point: Day 507

    Bastion Point: Day 507

    Bastion Point: Day 507

    01980HD

    Merata Mita, Leon Narbey and Gerd Pohlmann’s powerful documentary Bastion Point: Day 507 depicts the eviction of protestors from Bastion Point...

    Bastion Point: Day 507
  • 2009
    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    02009HD

    Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore