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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...

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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,...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Clarence John Ryan

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cliff Curtis

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 tohu...

Genre: War

Cast: Tammy Davis

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.

Genre: Action

Cast: Temuera Morrison

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Owen

The film told the Māori legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. It is the first dramatic feature film produced in New Zealand.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hera Tawhai

The spirit of a person killed in a motorway accident runs through forest and beaches on its journey to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Rēinga). En route it...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hera Tawhai

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 horse.

Genre: History

Cast: Te Atakōrihi Tūtengaehe

Genre: History

Cast: Te Atakōrihi Tūtengaehe

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

Genre: History

Cast: Te Atakōrihi Tūtengaehe

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...

Genre: History

Cast: Te Atakōrihi Tūtengaehe

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

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

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...

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

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

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

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

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

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

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

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

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand’s most famous Māori poet, leaves a legacy to the granddaughter he left behind. To reconnect, she writes a love...

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland

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

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Cast: Waihoroi Shortland