New Zealand Disasters: Tangiwai and Wahine (2009)

Contains two programmes: 'The Truth About the Tangiwai Disaster' and 'Wahine - the Untold Story'. In NZ, the main trunk railway line and two state hig... Read more

Ngati (1987)

Director: Barry Barclay

Starring: Wi Kuki Kaa, Judy McIntosh, Ross Girven

A young Australian man arrives in a small New Zealand seaside town which is the spiritual home of the local Ngati Tribe. He's to meet family friends w... Read more

Angel Mine (1978)

Director: David Blyth

Starring: Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot, Mike Wilson

An outrageous erotic fantasy in which a young suburban couple become fully entangled in a wish-fulfillment world of black leather, punk rock and sexua... Read more

Sylvia (1985)

Director: Michael Firth

Starring: Eleanor David, Mary Regan, Nigel Terry, Tom Wilkinson

Absorbing story of author-educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who brought new educational techniques to the teaching of the Maori students in 1940's New Ze... Read more

Constance (1983)

Director: Bruce Morrison

Starring: Donogh Rees, Judie Douglass, Martin Vaughan, Shane Briant

About a young Auckland primary school teacher whose life is influenced by the movies which are her great passion. She gives up her job and embarks on... Read more

The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2008)

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

Chasing China's Chariots of Fire (2008)

Starring: John Agnew

John Agnew is a crazy New Zealander who has been hunting down the last steam trains in the world. We join John as he tracks down the last Chariots of... Read more

I'll Make You Happy (1999)

Director: Athina Tsoulis

Starring: Carl Bland, Ian Hughes, Jennifer Ward Lealand, Jodie Rimmer, Michael Hurst, Rena...

Siggy is a teenage bad-girl who lives and works in Auckland's red light district. She dreams of getting off the streets, her flatmate dreams of Tibet... Read more

Rhys Darby Live: Imagine That! (2008)

Director: Troy Miller

Starring: Rhys Darby

For all those "Flight of the Conchords" fans who love his turn as Murray the Manager, the "Imagine That!" DVD is a must-see. Recorded before a live au... Read more

Rain of the Children (2008)

Director: Vincent Ward

Starring: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Taungaroa Emile, Vincent Ward, Miriama Rangi

While still a film student in the late 1970s, Vincent Ward made a documentary called 'In Spring One Plants Alone' about an elderly Tuhoe woman called... Read more