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New Zealand Docos

New Zealand has a rich tradition of quality documentary-making. We may not be able to get Merita Mita's 'Patu' but we do have the searing social commentary of 'In A Land of Plenty' or 'Out of Sight'. Look into New Zealand's history with 'The New Zealand Wars' or 'The Toogood Years'. These are New Zealand stories made by New Zealanders and a great treasure for us here. Pictured: The tragic story of the Wahine ferry disaster is told in 'Shipwreck! Deadly Harbour'

The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Pietra Brettkelly
Starring: Vanessa Beecroft

Kiwi filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly paints an intimate portrait of artist Vanessa Beecroft and her struggle to adopt Sudanese twins in this acclaimed Sun... Read more

The Best of Country Calendar 2006 (2007)

From the wilds of the East Coast, the remoteness of the Uruweras, the solitude of a fishing trawler, to the sophistication of a Hawkes Bay property, N... Read more

The Best of Country Calendar 2007 (2008)

Segments include a group of enthusiastic steam engine owners who take on the job of moving a homestead across the Canterbury Plains. Then we join a gr... Read more

The Best of Country Calendar 2009 (2010)

New Zealand's longest running TV show, "Country Calendar", returns for the best of the 2009 series. There's the smallest dairying operation in New Zea... Read more

The Big Picture (2007)

8.1/10
Starring: Hamish Keith

'The Big Picture' is a series of six documentaries surveying the history of art in New Zealand. Hamish Keith presents a provocative yet accessible vie... Read more

The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (2019)

Director: Julia Parnell, Rob Curry

The story of lyrical genius, Martin Phillipps and his band, The Chills, is a cautionary tale, a triumph over tragedy, and a statement about the meanin... Read more

The Comic Genius of Billy T James (2008)

Starring: Billy T James

Featuring several well-loved skits from the 'Billy T. James Show', a performance from the 'Royal Variety Show', Maori Volcanics footage plus over 60 m... Read more

The Day That Changed My Life (2015)

7.9/10
Director: Christopher Dudman

A powerful, uncensored and life-affirming documentary built around raw, heartfelt, never-before-seen interviews captured in the immediate aftermath of... Read more

The Fred Dagg All-Purpose DVD (2007)

Starring: John Clarke

This authorised 'Daggography' (the most important document ever discovered in New Zealand), celebrates a golden age in our nation's history beginning... Read more

The Free Man (2017)

6.3/10
Director: Toa Fraser

Freedom is defined as the power of self-determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity. To reach that lev... Read more