Movies: Nz On Air
- 1994
Once Were Warriors (1994)
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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....
- 2003
Whale Rider (2003)
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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...
- 2004
In My Father's Den (2004)
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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...
- 2006
Out of the Blue (2006)
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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...
- 1997
Forgotten Silver (1997)
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The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888....
- 2009
Separation City (2009)
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A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages....
- 2009
The Vintner's Luck (2009)
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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....
- 1996
Broken English (1996)
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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...
- 2003
Perfect Strangers (2003)
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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...
- 2011
Panic at Rock Island (2011)
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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....
- 2024
The Mountain (2024)
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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....
- 2006
No. 2 (2006)
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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......
- 2008
Show of Hands (2008)
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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...
- 2001
Lawless: Beyond Justice (2001)
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Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong....
- 1992
Crush (1992)
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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...
- 1995
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)
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Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without....
- 2001
Crooked Earth (2001)
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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...
- 2021
Cousins (2021)
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Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other....
- 2024
Inky Pinky Ponky (2024)
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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....
- 2025
TINĀ (2025)
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In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, sassy Samoan mother Mareta mentors her fledgling youth choir to the finale of The Big Sing competition....