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...
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...
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...
Street Smart Regina Tito looks back at her life on the streets and delivers an image society desperately needs to see. Street Smart opens our eyes to Regina Tito’s experience living on the streets of Wellington; how she saw herself and...
Water for Gold Unveiling the grim reality where trade laws compromise our right to clean water in the search of gold. In Water for Gold, leading legal academic and anti-TPPA activist Jane Kelsey describes the ISDS through the case of Oceana...
Madness Made Me Former Mental Health Commissioner Mary O’Hagan confronts the stark reality of her psychiatric files. Down the end of the long polished corridor, former Mental Health Commissioner for New Zealand, Mary O’Hagan comes face to...
Wilbur Force Wilbur Force must reignite his NZ pro-wrestling glory to break free from despair. For Wilbur Force, winning isn’t everything: it’s the only thing. But after moving back to his hometown, the former king...
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...
He Ōhākī – Imparting Words of Wisdom John Rangihau's Tūhoe wisdom, voiced through his daughter Kararaina, addresses a legacy of institutional racism. Centuries of Tūhoe wisdom are illuminated by Kararaina Rangihau, youngest daughter of John Rangihau, as a means of truly addressing...
Wind Song and Rain Poet Hone Tuwhare's granddaughter pens a love letter to the world, bridging the gap he left and embracing his legacy. A national treasure whose poetry spanned over 40 years, the world knew Hone Tuwhare. His mokopuna Manaia never did. Now...
Only Human A social media fight over sexism is the last straw for the liberal daughter of a chauvinistic father. The youngest daughter of an old fashioned father can no longer accept their irreconcilable differences. Revisiting her Filipino upbringing to...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Siouxsie & the Virus A science superhero with pink hair wages war on COVID-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown. With time running out to fight the oncoming pandemic, an unconventional expert delivers vital information to a panicked public. Go...
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...
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...
Bird’s Eye! Petra Leary takes her hidden superpower to the sky, with her drone and dog, Kodak, in tow. Life’s about how you see it. Petra Leary sees the world from above, seeking startling heights to create stunning art,...
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)....