Movies: Nz On Air

  • 1994
    Once Were Warriors

    Once Were Warriors (1994)

    Once Were Warriors

    7.31994HD

    A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband....

    Once Were Warriors
  • 2003
    Whale Rider

    Whale Rider (2003)

    Whale Rider

    7.02003HD

    On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Wh...

    Whale Rider
  • 2004
    In My Father's Den

    In My Father's Den (2004)

    In My Father's Den

    72004HD

    Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreame...

    In My Father's Den
  • 2006
    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue (2006)

    Out of the Blue

    6.52006HD

    Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victim...

    Out of the Blue
  • 1997
    Forgotten Silver

    Forgotten Silver (1997)

    Forgotten Silver

    7.21997HD

    The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888....

    Forgotten Silver
  • 2009
    Separation City

    Separation City (2009)

    Separation City

    5.22009HD

    A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages....

    Separation City
  • 2009
    The Vintner's Luck

    The Vintner's Luck (2009)

    The Vintner's Luck

    4.62009HD

    A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life - his beautiful wife Celeste, baroness Aurora de Valday and an angel named Xas....

    The Vintner's Luck
  • 1996
    Broken English

    Broken English (1996)

    Broken English

    5.91996HD

    Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at the rest...

    Broken English
  • 2003
    Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers (2003)

    Perfect Strangers

    4.22003HD

    When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possessio...

    Perfect Strangers
  • 2011
    Panic at Rock Island

    Panic at Rock Island (2011)

    Panic at Rock Island

    5.42011HD

    An island in spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun, top international artists, and tens of thousands of music fans from across the world! Idyllic...until unimaginable disaster strikes....

    Panic at Rock Island
  • 2024
    The Mountain

    The Mountain (2024)

    The Mountain

    02024HD

    Explores the journey of three young people as they seek solace under the watchful gaze of the Taranaki mountain and companionship in the spirit of adventure....

    The Mountain
  • 2006
    No. 2

    No. 2 (2006)

    No. 2

    62006HD

    A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore......

    No. 2
  • 2008
    Show of Hands

    Show of Hands (2008)

    Show of Hands

    6.72008HD

    Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a...

    Show of Hands
  • 2001
    Lawless: Beyond Justice

    Lawless: Beyond Justice (2001)

    Lawless: Beyond Justice

    02001HD

    Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong....

    Lawless: Beyond Justice
  • 1992
    Crush

    Crush (1992)

    Crush

    5.71992HD

    On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, leading to stormy em...

    Crush
  • 1995
    Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

    Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)

    Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

    51995HD

    Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without....

    Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
  • 2001
    Crooked Earth

    Crooked Earth (2001)

    Crooked Earth

    6.22001HD

    Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger br...

    Crooked Earth
  • 2021
    Cousins

    Cousins (2021)

    Cousins

    6.92021HD

    Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other....

    Cousins
  • 2024
    Inky Pinky Ponky

    Inky Pinky Ponky (2024)

    Inky Pinky Ponky

    02024HD

    When a young fakaleiti falls in love at St Valentine’s Highschool, she must navigate her way through a world of intolerance and bigotry to find happiness - in an unexpected place....

    Inky Pinky Ponky
  • 2025
    TINĀ

    TINĀ (2025)

    TINĀ

    02025HD

    In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, sassy Samoan mother Mareta mentors her fledgling youth choir to the finale of The Big Sing competition....

    TINĀ