Stop/Go A lovable traffic management veteran stops and reflects on life in New Zealand's iconic landscapes. Stop/Go is a slice of life documentary, which, through spending time with veteran worker Bernie, provides a first-hand look at...
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...
Queer Selfies Coming out is one thing, coming home is another. For anyone of an ‘alternative’ sexuality, home can be a loaded concept, with its connotations of place, identity and security....
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...
What Logan Did A young warrior battles ecological adversity, innovating against the devastating didymo algae to protect his homeland rivers. Posing a massive threat to native wildlife and a river’s fragile ecosystem, didymo (discovered in New Zealand in 2004) has...
Te Wao Nui Kauri are dying. A traditional Māori healer has one last chance to save an entire forest. A devastating disease threatens to destroy Aotearoa’s last remaining Kauri trees. Standing in the way of losing these prehistoric giants...
The Cube of Truth A daring couple exposes animal agriculture's violence, bringing a startling message to the streets. Animal activism isn’t for the faint hearted. Every month in Auckland masked people in black congregate in a Cube of...
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...
Mana Over Meth Facing a violent past and meth addiction, Jessica Apanui turns to Māoritanga to heal. Jessica Apanui’s methamphetamine addiction began as an escape from the trauma of a violent childhood. But after years of chronic...
Table for One Against all odds, an ageing table tennis icon sacrifices it all for one last shot at Olympic greatness. In her final bid for gold, New Zealand’s Chunli Li, faces the lonely road of isolation and self-funding in sport,...
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...
The Jump The origin story of what has become the worldwide phenomenon of bungy jumping. ‘The Jump’ is the story of bungy jumping and its unsung creator Chris Sigglekow. Unearthed video footage from the 80s...
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...
Wahine Warrior Post-trauma, Pania is reborn a warrior, turning to hunting as her path to forge a self-reliant sisterhood. Pania Tepaiho-Marsh understands the anxiety for single parents to put kai on the table. Reinventing herself to help other wahine...
Soldiers Road Connecting to culture through art, Soldiers Road Portraits reframe identity for a group of young Māori. A group of vulnerable young Māori are at a crossroads. Kicked out of school and with many of their whānau...
One Year On One man’s story, one year on from the Christchurch Mosque terror attack. A year after one of the darkest days in New Zealand’s history, frustration grows at the lack of change. Is...
Mana Wahine As Ihumātao garners worldwide attention, Pania Newton faces a critical choice: confront the bulldozers or abandon her cause. Set deep behind the front lines at Ihumātao, in the weeks leading up to what has become one of New...
Beneath The Surface New Zealand’s first Tongan swimming champion battles self-doubt and setbacks as she fights for gold. A traumatic childhood accident left Tupou Neiufi with a permanent disability. But in the water, she feels invincible. Already a...
Kārearea Fern, a sassy Kārearea, embarks on a quest to safeguard her species' future and alter their notorious image. Renowned for their intelligence and personality, the carnivorous kārearea is New Zealand’s only species of falcon. Fern a confident young...
He Kākano Ahau – From The Spaces In Between A courageous takatāpui (Māori LGBTQI) activist is fighting for true diversity in our Gay Pride celebrations. New Zealand’s Pride celebrations are glitzy and glamorous, but takatāpui activist Kassie (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) is challenging the...
Asian Men Talk About Sex Eight Asian men challenge stereotypes and bare all as they speak candidly about sex, love and dating. The nerdy best friend, silent kung-fu master, tech wiz in the office; unshakable stereotypes in film and television continue to...
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...
East Meets East The honest musings of a Chinese grandmother brings an unseen community into the spotlight. 79-year-old Fang Ruzhen immigrated to Auckland to help raise her grandchildren. Seventeen years on, English is still a foreign language,...
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...
Mister Sunshine Meet the millionaire who became a shoeshine man peddling goodwill and cheer throughout Auckland. Never in a thousand years did Larry Woods believe he’d become a shoeshine man. In the 1980s, the flamboyant businessman...