New Zealand Movies

New Zealand’s National Film Unit presents 'The New Zealanders,' which gives an overall survey of life and living conditions of the New Zealand...

Rummaging through the mementos falling out of her closet, Margaret remembers moments from her life and her marriage to George.

On June 21st, 2025, a film crew was sent to a competition in Wellington to document the niche sport and community of speedcubing. James Macdiarmid...

A struggling preacher is tricked into starting a church in a nightclub by its unscrupulous owner, who sees it as a way to repay his gambling debts to...

After losing his job, a grieving man must decide whether to play it safe or take a risk and reignite something from his past he abandoned.

Two balloons fight restlessly to break free.

This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headlines over claims that its portrayal of...

A police pool inspector is caught in the middle of a some sort of summer pool party going wrong.

When an enormous mine threatens the Sepik River, Papua New Guinean activist Manu Peni and his people launch an urgent mission to protect the...

Called a disruptor, navigator, transformer and visionary, Moana Jackson was many things to many people. Towards the end of his battle with cancer he...

A portrait of a family, centred on 95-year old New Zealand actress, Dame Kate Harcourt and her life living with her daughter, acting coach Miranda...

Tribute to the Argosy cargo aircraft flown by Safeair of New Zealand. The film follows the final commercial flight of the last Argosy before it went...

Two female politicians leading rival parties await election results. To pass the time, they reflect on their competitiveness, sacrifices made, and...

This documentary chronicles the story of Waikato women’s refuge Te Whakaruruhau, and shines a light on a subject not often shown in mainstream...

This is the story of Puhi, an aged Maori woman and Niki, her fully grown but wholly dependent son. The world they occupy is not a world of large...

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...

Olympic Champion, Kiwi Icon, Tongan Leader, Orphan, Mother...winning was just part of the journey.

On the eve of Chinese New Year, Steven, a closeted Chinese international student living in New Zealand oppressed by the expectations of his parents,...

While hiding from his brother, Billy drops his grandfather's precious war medal through a crack in their apartment floorboard into the bookshop...