Lea Tupu’anga / Mother Tongue
Summary: Katherine, a young speech therapist of Tongan and European heritage, has to face her lies and her origins when she works with a young boy with Down syndrome...
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In His Sketchbook
Summary: A girl is trapped in a sketchbook after being drawn by her friend, and they have to find a way to bring her back. Film details...
I See You
Summary:In a world where having the perfect baby is becoming a choice, a young mother struggles to love and accept her daughter...
Maunga Cassino
Summary: World War II: a Māori soldier and an Italian deserter cooperate to survive and confront their identities, languages and differences...
Mauri Moana
Summary: Beneath the waters of Aotearoa, Great Barrier Island, a toxic algae spreads silently, threatening the life force of the moa...
Tū Tonu – Still Standing
Summary: Expert tree climber Zane Wedding finds himself at a crossroads, knowing that standing up for what’s right might mean sacrificing...
Hifi Ulu
Summary: As his tenth birthday approaches, Luka prepares for a significant Niuean rite of passage. The ceremony becomes a catalyst...
The Man Outside
Summary: A young woman’s life turns into a nightmare when she realizes her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. As his actions grow increasingly more intense,...
The Unlikely Knight
Summary: Robert Martin was born with brain damage, labeled a ‘retard’, abandoned by a mother, raised in institutions where he was abused...
Takeout Kids: Lauren
Summary: 16-year-old Lauren is a doughnut delivery girl by night and a high school student by day. When we meet her, mounting career pressures from...
Te Hokinga Mai – the return
Summary: New Zealand, Tane dreamed about the bright lights of the big city, growing up on his traditional tribal lands. Once there,...
Maisuka – Diabetes the Silent Killer
Summary: Maisuka, the sugar disease… The documentary looks at the pervasiveness of the Diabetes epidemic among Pasifika people in A...
I Am The River, The River Is Me
Summary: A canoe trip down the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand – the first river in the world recognized as a legal person...
Transgender & Pregnant
Summary: The film follows Frankie, a transgender man, and his partner Rāwā on their journey to parenthood, with Frankie bearing the...
Myths and Maidens
Summary: Pasifika women have long been sold to the world as light-skinned South Seas sirens, ever welcoming the white man. But o...
Mauri
Summary: In New Zealand, immersion in the profound ancestral wisdom woven into Māori traditions offers a path to healing and transformation...
Marimari
Summary: In Papua-New-Guinea, communities are ruled by the fear of witches; one woman fights to rescue the accused with the only remaining weapon...
THE HANDSOME SAVAGE | Hiona Henare
The Handsome Savage is the compelling story of Philip Taueki, a Māori landowner in rural New Zealand, whose impassioned efforts to protect the environment and the indigenous Maori people have won him the respect of his community and the recognition of the New Zealand government...
KAKAIA | Kahu Kaiha
KAKAIA group has been making headlines in the local media since 2013, for being the symbol of a new renaissance in Marquesan culture...
BENEATH THE MOANA: Exploring Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific | Sharlene George Joshua Teariki Baker
Climate change is the most pressing crisis of our time. The response of governments and companies worldwide has been to shift away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources...
HOMESTEADS – MAHIKA
Summary: “Ka tiaki nei koe te whare, ko te whare ka tiaki ia koe*” are a few words that say it all. In one sentence Rereata Mahika explains...
I AM PARADISE
Summary : Paradise is a young single pregnant mother living on the bones of her ass. Her boyfriend is in prison and her mother wants...
MINISTRY OF JINGLE
Summary: The Ministry of Jingle is a department responsible for creating public safety jingles about the nation’s most pressing issues...
FREEDOM FIGHTER
Summary: Iuli’a’s visa is outdated. She is illegally housed by a stranger everyone calls “Uncle”. However, one day, the call of Dan...
GOOD GIRL
Summary: A professional dog walker, immersed in a podcast, finds herself treading dangerous territory without realizing it. Listen...
MILK
Summary: When she sees an old man unable to pay for his milk, a young girl carefully ponders her next move. Will she have a change of heart...
TAUMANU
Summary: New Zealand, 1929. When a parcel is delivered to a manor house, mysterious Māori twins arrive to reclaim the contents. Sud...
BIG QUESTION
Summary: End of the day. Out of school. Back home silent. And then comes the time of sleep and dreams. Anxieties too. Children and...
THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Summary: After a run-in with her father’s loud and rude deputy, the young daughter of the new Prime Minister realizes she might not be t...
TE MEKAMEKA O TE PĀ MAUNGA
Summary: Liam Kokaʻua embarks on a personal journey to document the cultural and ecological knowledge associated with Rarotonga’s mount...
Ms. INFORMATION
Summary: Meet Dr. Siouxsie Wiles before the world changes; a non-conformist pink-haired scientist whose skills at communicating life...
GLORIAVALE
Summary: GLORIAVALE is an observational documentary examining the abuse within the Gloriavale Christian Community cult and the instigators...
FAMILY FAITH FOOTY – A PASIFIKA RUGBY STORY
Summary: This film unearths the stories of some of the most celebrated rugby players and their own inspirational, compelling stories...
Daddy’s Girl
Details: 2020 – New Zealand – 13 minDirector: Cian Elyse WhiteProducer: Tweedie Waititi #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpgettextorigina...
Te Wao Nui
Details: 2020 – New Zealand – 12 minDirector: Ngāriki Ngatae Producer: Karen Sidney – Akariro Films, Notable Pictures #!trpst#trp-g...
Pluck
Details: 2020 – New Zealand – 27 minDirector: Viv Kernick Producer: Bella Pacific Media #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpgettextoriginal...
Mawhialeo Ote Alowha
Details: 2020 – New Zealand – 16 minDirector: Valeriya GolovinaProduction: Niamh Swannack #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpgettextor...
Mana Moana – ep 3
Details: 2018 – New-Zealand – 4 minDirector: Jess Feast Producer: Ruth Korver – Useful Media Ltd #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpgette...
Shot Bro
Details: 2019 – New Zealand – 54 minDirector: Jess Feast Producer: Ruth Korver – Useful Media Ltd #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpgette...
Mauri o Te Kauri
Details: 2019 – New Zealand – 50 minDirector: James Muir Production: James Muir – Citizen Creative #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpg...
Loimata, The Sweetest Tears
Details: 2020 – New Zealand – 95 minDirector: Anna MarbrookProducer: Anna and Jim Marbrook – AnnaMarbrook Productions #!trpst#trp-...
PERIANAYAKI
Summary: In New Zealand, the invisible Perianayaki is an immigrant from Sri Lanka. She does not speak English. She has a job stocking...
FAST EDDIE
Summary: In New Zealand, Eddie suffers from a serious illness, a neurodegenerative disorder that has robbed him of his voice, his mind, and his ability to move...
HE ŌHĀKĪ – DELIVERING WORDS OF WISDOM
Summary: Aotearoa in 1986. John Rangihau led a committee that delivered a very harsh public report on New Zealand’s institutional racism...
MANA OVER METH
Summary: Aotearoa and methamphetamine. Jessica Apanui seeks to transform her life, a life devastated by drug addiction. To do this...
KAVA ‘O AOTEAROA
Summary: In New Zealand, a group of cultural custodians is preparing a kava ceremony, in the Tongan style. The idea is to create a place where people can...
TESTIMONY
Summary: In New Zealand, the Prime Minister made a public apology for the dawn raids by the police 45 years earlier. Tesimoni Fuaavao’s...
CHATHAM ISLANDERS
Summary: The Chatham Islands are a solitary archipelago located to the southeast of and dependent upon New Zealand; the islanders are...
NO MAORI ALLOWED
Summary: When painful memories have been hidden and are linked to segregation, racist acts, with acts of violence, should they be reported?...
MILKED
Summary: A young activist goes deep into the dairy industry where he takes on the giants of New Zealand’s most powerful industry, and reveals...
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