Gina A woman suffering an extreme genetic disorder argues for her right to choose when and how she dies. Gina is a powerful and emotive documentary about the circumstances that one woman lives with everyday. A cruel genetic illness...
He Hekenga Tūhura In his final interview, Sir Hector Busby reflects on celestial navigation and waka carving's legacy. Revered Polynesian navigator, Sir Hector Busby, passed away in 2019. During his final days ‘Sir Hec’ reflects on falling in...
Hear Me Out Mojo Mathers, Aotearoa's first deaf MP, has one final opportunity to fight for disability-inclusive democracy. Democracy isn’t always democratic, and even the best governments struggle to be truly inclusive. Mojo Mathers knows from what it...
Blood Sugar Four-year-old Dahlia takes us into her bittersweet world of blood, needles and sugar. Dahlia is scared of needles, but she needs insulin injected several times a day. She is not alone; New Zealand...
My Breakup with God A devoted Christian slams the door on the Church to pursues a path of sexual freedom. Caitlyn was raised in a conservative Christian household. As a teenager, she risked her place in heaven to embrace desires...
Meet Munch Jr. A father’s love inspires an autistic teen to express himself by bringing his cartoon character to life. Sixteen-year-old Nikau doesn’t see anyone who is quite like him. He has a unique view of the world; he also...
Fifty Percent With a 50% chance of inheriting a fatal disease, is it better to know or live in the moment? Lillian Hanly has a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington’s, a neurodegenerative disease. With a number of her family testing positive...
Same but Different Two best friends navigate the evolving landscape of their bond as one embraces her true gender identity. At 50, Byron’s transition brings a profound sense of freedom, yet it strains her long-standing friendship with Neil, her mountaineering...
Night Ride A mother's nightly visits to feed stray cats lead her son to probe its link to his brother's death. A 66-year-old mother has an unusual ritual of returning to her old family home to care for stray cats. Worrying...
HAKA haha There’s cultural appropriation in the air as kaka haka is debated by the people of Aotearoa. Terrible overseas renditions of the haka have begun transforming our proud expression of Māori identity into a viral joke. Self-appointed...
‘Aka’ōu: Tātatau in the Cook Islands An unlikely master of traditional Polynesian art Tātatau, seeks to pass his legacy to an apprentice. Croc Coulter, a heavily tattooed Englishman living with cystic fibrosis in Rarotonga, teaches his new apprentice the traditional Polynesian art...
Testimony A Tongan-born New Zealander admits the painful truth behind what really happened to his family during the Dawn Raids. Tongan-born Tesimoni Fuavao came to Aotearoa with his family in 1975 for medical treatment. On a day out with a...
How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara In the 1940s, two young Chinese refugees found an unlikely way to repay New Zealand's welcome. Fay and Joe Gock are quite simply beyond inspiring. Having escaped the Japanese Invasion of China, they fell in love...
John The Baptist An Englishman travels to Aotearoa, guided by a mission to share God’s love in te reo Māori. At the beginning of the 19th century, te reo Māori was the most commonly spoken language in Aotearoa (New Zealand)....
The Crossroads: Le Māgafā At the crossroads of past and present, Kas Futialo confronts his journey, weaving Sāmoan heritage into hip-hop to enlighten futures. Set in Faleasi’u village in Sāmoa, we meet young Kas at the crossroads, a place he would often visit to...
Luckie Strike A daring journey delves into New Zealand's hidden caves, uniting friendship with the thrill of discovery. Mike and Dave love being underground, deep underground. They’re friends and cavers, and they’re on a mission to find a...
Surreal Estate An artist and his real-estate agent alter ego clash over the age old problem of art versus commerce. Fixated on the destruction of inner city domestic architecture, renowned New Zealand artist John Radford is creating GRAFT®, a major...
Ajax the Kea Conservation Dog A passionate conservationist and his canine companion fight together to save New Zealand’s kea. Ajax is a story of fear and hope for New Zealand’s unique wildlife told through the relationship of conservationist Corey...
The Coffin Club A group of rebellious, creative Kiwi seniors give death the finger, one crazy coffin at a time. Musical and documentary unite to introduce The Coffin Club, a truly unique community organisation bringing free-spirited seniors together to construct...
Union A young Māori outsider living in Japan tackles cultural isolation using the universal language of rugby. Living in a self-imposed exile from his home in New Zealand, Jared James finds himself struggling through crushing isolation in...
The Colourist Grace Rawson revisits the art of hand-tinted photography, a craft she mastered in the 1950s with Whites Aviation. The hand-tinted photographic landscapes of Whites Aviation have become celebrated icons of New Zealand’s mid-century culture. But few still know...
Conversations with Pets Imagine if you could have a conversation with your pet… Faye Rogers can. Animal lovers form a special bond with their pets but how deep does this go and what would happen if...
Wayne Wayne, a man with limited communication skills, learns the harsh reality of love and romance. Excited to see his friend Rachel, Wayne’s saddened that she needs some space and goes about building a plan to...
Homing A contemplation of home through the interplay of natural and human-made sounds. What can we deduce about people from the spaces in which they live and the objects that surround them? What...
Fast Eddie After a devastating diagnosis, a father and daughter attempt one one-last challenge together. Four years ago, former cyclist and charismatic go-getter Eddie was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy, a terminal neurodegenerative disorder that...