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Alien Addiction
[ Vendetta Films / DVD - released 29/Sep/2020 ] Alien Addiction follows Riko (Jimi Jackson) who lives in a small town in the middle of nowhere (Waikato, New Zealand). Life was pretty normal until two aliens crash landed near Riko's house. He welcomes the aliens and together they develop an... |
Annabel Langbein - The Free Range Cook
[ FME / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Against the breathtaking backdrop of the southern mountains of New Zealand, and surrounded by abundant fresh produce, artisan foods and world-class wines, Annabel Langbein (The Free Range Cook) reveals the pleasures of her free range cooking... |
Baby Done
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2021 ] When Zoe (Rose Matafeo) and Tim (Matthew Lewis) find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum. Terrified that her life won't be her own anymore, Zoe... |
Born to Dance
[ Vendetta Films / DVD - released 6/Apr/2016 ] Tu Kaea (champion hip hop dancer Tia-Taharoa Maipi) has the chance to audition for K-Crew, the best hip hop crew in the country, but he has to go behind the backs of his home crew and his best friend Benjy (Stan Walker). Things get even more... |
Broken
[ Sony Pictures / DVD - released 27/Jun/2018 ] Logan, an ex-gang leader, has left the gang life to raise his daughter Tori. But when Tori is murdered by an opposing gang in town, Logan must choose forgiveness or revenge. CAST: Joshua Calles Ruby Grubb Wayne Hapi |
The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2019 ] Martin Phillipps came tantalizingly close to conquering the international musical world with his band The Chills, but instead fell into decades of debt and addiction in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand. At 54, he's been given a dire medical... |
The Dark Horse
[ Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] Genesis Potini is a wildly charismatic, bi-polar suffering former chess champion, at a crossroads in his life. Gen is released from a psych ward and given a last chance at life in society. With nowhere else to go, he moves into his... |
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (30th Anniversary Edition / Digitally Remastered)
[ Roadshow / DVD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Footrot Flats is the archetypal farming community that everyone knows exists somewhere. In the cartoon strips - and now in the animated feature film - the day-to-day events of Footrot Flats are chronicled by an extremely intelligent dog with a... |
Gloriavale
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2022 ] GLORIAVALE is an observational documentary examining the widespread abuse inside the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community cult and the institutional failures that have allowed it to continue. Exploring the secretive community through never before... |
Home by Christmas
[ Gaylene Preston DVD / DVD - released 6/Oct/2010 ] Home by Christmas sees Gaylene Preston returning to the hidden stories of ordinary New Zealanders. Inspired by attempts to get her father Ed to reveal his WWII experiences, this finely-balanced docu-drama moves between three strands: Preston's father... |
In The Zone
[ Vendetta Films DVD / DVD - released 13/Mar/2019 ] At a time when the world has never seemed more divided, In The Zone is a story about a man who, despite all the obstacles, is trying to bring people together. And it's working. Terrance Wallace has already enabled over a hundred minority teenagers in... |
Kea: Mountain Parrot (Wild South)
[ TVNZ DVD / DVD - released 13/Jun/2012 ] They are mischievous characters: clever thieves, hard-hearted killers, kidnappers... and hilariously funny. Are they characters from the latest Hollywood blockbuster or from our own back yard? Meet the Kea - New Zealand's mountain parrot - a... |
Love Story
[ Rialto Distribution Ltd DVD / DVD - released 9/May/2013 ] M:Contains sexual themes. A beautiful stranger on the Coney Island train becomes both lead actress and real life object of desire in this choose your own adventure documentary about writing a fictional love story on the streets of New York... |
Mt. Zion
[ NZ On Air / DVD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Turei's family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley's 1979 tour. But it's a dream that challenges the traditions and values of his upbringing and... |
Outrageous Fortune - Series Three
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] The Wests are a one-family crime wave with a proud tradition of fraud & petty theft - until now. When patriarch Wolfgang West is sentenced to four years in jail, his wife Cheryl decides enough is enough; the family are cleaning up their act and going... |
Outrageous Fortune - Series Six
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2010 ] The Wests are a one-family crime wave with a proud tradition in thievery, larceny and petty crime. Or at least they used to be. At the beginning of Series One, family matriarch Cheryl West decided enough was enough - the family must clean up their... |
Poppy
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2022 ] Poppy's ambition is to become a motor mechanic starting with the apprenticeship promised by her late father is stalled by her super protective brother who has reluctantly inherited the family workshop/garage business. And it's not until she teams up... |
South (Presented by Marcus Lush)
[ TVNZ / DVD - released 19/Nov/2009 ] 'South' is a very personal offering from broadcaster Marcus Lush, and in this spectacular, top rating series, he delivers personal perspectives on the grit, charm and heart that makes up the fabric of South. Marcus explores Southland & Otago - its... |
Spookers
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 25/Oct/2017 ] As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern... |
Three Wise Cousins
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 24/Nov/2016 ] Ask your cousins, they know everything... Adam (Neil Amituanai) discovers that Mary (Gloria Blake) only wants to go out with a 'real island guy'. Keen to impress Mary, Adam heads to Samoa to find his cousins Mose (Vito Vito) and Tavita (Fesuiai... |
Westside - Series One
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 8/Jul/2015 ] Westside is a sweeping historical tale of crime and passion set in 1970s New Zealand. From Rachel Lang and James Griffin, the award-winning creators of Outrageous Fortune, Westside will take the West family's large and loyal fan-base on a journey... |
Westside - Series Two
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Aug/2016 ] The second series of WESTSIDE moves the action to 1981 with another West returning home after a stint in prison - this time it's Rita (Antonia Prebble). Things have moved on in her absence, her son, Wolf (Reef Ireland), has become a man with a plan... |
Westside - Series Three
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 30/Aug/2017 ] In Henderson, Ted (David de Lautour) is experiencing problems with his gang who have grown apathetic with the spoils of their recent success. In the slums of Ponsonby Wolf (Reef Ireland) grows restless as his fledgling gang continue to party hard in... |
Whale Rider
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2008 ] One girl dared to confront the past, change the present, and determine the future... In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the... |
Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2022 ] For Māori, the canoe underpins our culture. We once built waka/canoes from giant trees and sailed the vast Pacific by the stars. These arts were lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars re-aligned and three men from far flung islands revived our... |
Wild About New Zealand
[ TVNZ DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Oct/2013 ] Writer and adventurer, Gus Roxburgh is game on to travel to the very heart of our National Parks. Gus's journey will connect him with the people whose passion is our wilderness - whether they are rangers, scientists, fisherfolk, pighunters or... |
Bad Behaviour
[ DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a wellness retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan. |
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 23/Oct/2007 ] The true story of the six-year fight to free a farmer who's jailed for a double murder which he didn't commit. BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT is the film of the most baffling and controversial case in New Zealand history. June 22 1970. The discovery of a... |
The Breaker Upperers
[ Madman / DVD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Fifteen years ago, Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) discovered they were being two-timed by the same man. Bitter and cynical they became fast friends and formed The Breaker Upperers, a small-time business breaking up couples for cash.... |
The Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 2
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Brokenwood: Population 5000 and declining - slowly - one by one or, two by two depending on the murder rate that week. In Brokenwood, an early morning mist will often give way to a glorious day. As far as towns go it's bucolic, pastoral yet... |
The Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 4
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Dec/2017 ] Brokenwood: Population 5000 and declining slowly - one by one or, two by two depending on the murder rate that week. In Brokenwood, an early morning mist will often give way to a glorious day. As far as towns go it's bucolic, pastoral yet curious.... |
The Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 9
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 3 DVD - released 2/Nov/2023 ] Brokenwood: Population 4900 and declining - slowly - one by one, or two by two depending on the murder rate that week. Yes - murders do happen here. They're strange, disturbing and always baffling. They come when you least expect them. They happen to... |
Chunuk Bair
[ Gde / DVD - released 18/Nov/2020 ] A New Zealand regiment is ordered to take the hill Chunuk Bair, without the promised British support . An operation without sense , as they must return to the bottom. It is when a British ship opened fire on the hill. |
The Convert
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 22/Aug/2024 ] New Zealand in the 1830s is a Māori world, dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro (GUY PEARCE) is on board a trading vessel heading to the newly established town of Epworth, a British settlement in... |
Go Girls - The Complete Third Series
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 11/May/2011 ] Our heroes are facing the end of their 20s - the downhill run which can only end in... (Oh God!)... 30... For some it will mean one last stab at freedom; for others, time to try and settle down. But as previous series of 'Go Girls' have shown - even... |
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 14/Sep/2016 ] Two rebels. One million hectares of untamed wilderness. The hunt is on. Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his grumpy foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt... |
James & Isey
[ Madman / DVD - released 2/Sep/2021 ] Isey lives with her adult son James on their small farm in Kawakawa, New Zealand. They are descendents of Ngāti Manu - the bird people. Isey is turning 100 years in a week. In their unique relationship, James has devoted the last 20 years to... |
Ka Whawhai Tonu
[ ViaVision / DVD - released 12/Jun/2025 ] Set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1864, Ka Whawhai Tonu tells the story of a pivotal battle in the first New Zealand land wars in the Waikato region. A battle fought with impossible odds between Māori and the Colonial forces. This heroic conflict is... |
Kiwi Christmas
[ Madman / DVD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] T'was the week before Christmas...! Disillusioned with the materialism of the season, Santa throws in his job and goes as far from the North Pole as possible... New Zealand! When his reindeerless-sleigh crashes and sinks in the waters off... |
The Legend of Baron To'a
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 9/Jul/2020 ] When his late father's priceless championship belt is stolen by a ruthless gang, a displaced Tongan man must reconnect with his father's legacy to defeat the barbaric gang kingpin and get the title back The directorial debut from Kiel McNaughton... |
