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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...
The Dead Lands
Inspired by actual events, the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau, who must choose between his badge and his people, when the...
Muru
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...
Tama Tū
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.
Ka Whawhai Tonu
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...
Hinekura
A young girl finds comfort in play and slowly reconnects with her distant father after her mother walks out on the family.
Ani
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...
Taua
Whetū Mārama is the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi and his significance for Māori in rekindling their wayfinding DNA,...
Bright Star
Roimata, a young Maori woman from the East Coast, travels to the city to meet her half-sister Girlie. Introduced to gang members, the scene is set...
Roimata
In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19th century, the present day and a strange,...
We Are Still Here
A companion to Yumi yet, O’Rourke and Kildea’s Ileksen (derived from the English 'election’) documents Papua New Guinea’s...
Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea
A young Māori girl gets her period for the first time and has to decide between getting pads for herself or a gift for her younger brother's...
Super Special
Inspired by an ancient Māori story in which nature intermingles with a child’s love, Washday depicts – with tremendous sensitivity...
Washday
This footage of the 1984 hīkoi (march) to Waitangi was made by Merata Mita with the intention of producing a documentary about this historic...
March
A son returns home to help is mother get her affairs in order.
Mother's Land
A modern day take on the classic bard tale - with Silver as a movie producer.
The Maori Merchant of Venice
This performance-based film could potentially be filed under 'Pasifika tribal fusion'. Cinematographer Waka Attewell captures the talents of...
Ahi Ataahua
A Māori elder must bear the burden of carrying the spirits of her ancestors to their sacred mountain.
Purea
Kala Kunbolk follows women of Gunbalanya, Arnhem Land, in their quest to preserve their age old tradition of collecting pandanus leaves and natural...
Kala Kunbolk (Colour Country)
Te Reo Māori version of Pixar's Oscar-winning family musical about a boy who travels to the land of the dead. Despite his family's baffling...
Coco Reo Maori
Tai Whetuki delves into Māori and Pacific cultural practices pertaining to death and mourning. Haunting and evocative images, accompanied by an...
House of Death
A story of drug addiction, Māori wahine, and the power of recovery.
There Is Another Way
Apirana Ngata, Member of Parliament for Eastern Māori, was keen for the museum group to visit the East Coast to obtain records of his people of...
Scenes of Māori Life on the East Coast
Sisters Tia and Ina are far from home. Tia is focused on her work, while the free-spirited Ina just wants to dance.
fire in the water, fire in the sky