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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... |
Life In One Chord
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 15/Jan/2026 ] Punk renegade Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer) takes us on an iconoclastic tour through a career of highs and lows from suburban Dunedin to the heights of international fame and back again. |
The Mountain
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 3/Oct/2024 ] Sam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfil her mission of connecting with her mountain in the hope they can heal her from the cancer she battles. Along the way she meets some misfits and new kids in town -... |
Pike River
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 12/Feb/2026 ] Three-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets, The Last of Us) and acclaimed NZ actress Robyn Malcolm (Top of the Lake, After the Party) star as Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse; two ordinary women who together stand up and take on the... |
The Laughing Samoans
The Laughing Samoans: Choka-Block [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Choka-Block features all of The Laughing Samoans popular characters - Tala & Fai, Sam & Tony, Jonathan & Bryan, Paul & Victor and more. Choka-Block includes Room Eleven Boys, Extreme Sports, Chief Concern, Doing Homework, Buying A Car, Leaver's Ball,... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Crack Me Off [ Double Productions / DVD - released 3/Dec/2008 ] Comedy sensations, The Laughing Samoans (aka Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i) have come a long way since their debut gig at the Fringe Festival in Wellington in 2003. In addition to commanding such major NZ venues as The Aotea Centre and The... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Fink About It [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] The Laughing Samoans take their Island Time antics to the Hamer Hall Arts Centre in Melbourne, on 14 August 2015. Featuring all of your favourite characters incl. Aunty Tala, Uncle Sam, Paul and Victor, the father and son and the Samoan married to... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Fobulous [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 6/Dec/2013 ] A fresh fabulous show! Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'I are the Laughing Samoans. This is their tenth DVD, and finds them once again in fine funny form. Fobulous was recorded at the Arts Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland in September 2013, and reprises... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Fresh Off Da Blane [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 19/Dec/2014 ] This DVD was recorded at the Gold Coast Arts Centre, Queensland on 3rd October 2014. Extras feature fresh TV and the WOWS Kids Fiji Walkathon. Scene 1: Island TV News Report Scene 2: Sunday School Scene 3: Hardware Store Scene 4: Don't Forget... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Funny Chokers [ Laughing Samoans / DVD - released 7/Dec/2012 ] Funny Chokers is another great DVD release from the Pacific's favourite comedy duo, The Laughing Samoans (Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai). From the producers of such hits as A Small Samoan Wedding, Off Work, Prettyfull Woman and Choka... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Greatest Hits [ The Laughing Samoans / DVD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] In Feb 2003 Eteuati Ete & Tofiga Fepulea'I performed as individuals on the same comedy bill titled 'Laughing With Samoans' at the New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington. Combining forces a year later 'The Laughing Samoans' was born and... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Island Time! [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] The latest in the hilarious best-selling series of DVDs from the Laughing Samoans is a live show recorded at the ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland in July of this year. Also included is a feature on the Laughing Samoans from Fresh TV. |
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The Laughing Samoans: Off Work [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 5/Dec/2007 ] The Laughing Samoans first hit the stage at the 2003 NZ Fringe Festival and performed to a few hundred people. Today The Laughing Samoans play to audiences in sizes up to 5000 and tour as far afield as the USA, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Last... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Old School [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it wasn't until Ete... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Prettyfull Woman [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 19/May/2010 ] NZ's most successful and funniest comedy duo are back with the DVD of their hit show Prettyfull Woman. All of the Laughing Samoans characters, such as Sam and Tony, Paul and Victor and Jonathan and Bryan, are back. Including the flamboyant and... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Small Samoan Wedding (NTSC) [ Double Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it wasn't until Ete... |
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The Laughing Samoans: The Best of Laughing With Samoans (NTSC) [ Double Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] WHO THEY ARE :- Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it... |
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The Laughing Samoans: The Best of Laughing With Samoans (PAL) [ Double Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] WHO THEY ARE :- Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it... |
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... |
Bad Behaviour
[ Ahi DVD / 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. |
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... |
The Breaker Upperers (Blu-Ray)
[ Madman Blu-ray / Blu-ray - 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.... |
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 |
Camino Skies
[ Limelight DVD / DVD - released 7/Nov/2019 ] A story about life, love and loss on the Camino de Santiago, 'Camino Skies' is an uplifting film about learning to live with grief. The inspirational journey of six pilgrims from NZ and Australia who embark on the historic 800 kilometre Spanish... |
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 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... |
The Convert (Blu-Ray)
[ Kismet DVD / Blu-ray - 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... |
The Dead Lands
[ Transmission / DVD - released 16/Apr/2015 ] After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, Hongi - a Maori chieftan's teenage son - must avenge his father's murder in order to bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones. Vastly outnumbered by the band of villains, Hongi's... |
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... |
Grand Designs New Zealand - Series 2
[ Fremantle / 2 DVD - released 9/May/2018 ] New Zealand is renowned the world over for its dramatic landscapes - and it is just as famous for its ground-breaking domestic architecture. Now home-grown Architect Chris Moller travels to all corners of the country to bring you a fresh series of... |
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... |
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... |
Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Blu-Ray)
[ Madman Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - 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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
