E Blacks A passionate gamer leads his team in a battle to be New Zealand's first Esports competitors in the Commonwealth Games. The thing Sam ‘Fury’ Johnson regrets most in life is wasting his time at university when he could’ve been focusing...
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...
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...
#Losing While preparing for a live performance, a poet reflects on his losing battle with a degenerative bone disease. #Losing is a portrait of an artist in conflict: conflict with himself. Dominic Hoey, formerly known as rapper Tourettes, is...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
Kusuda A cyclone's threat on a vineyard prompts deep reflections on life's delicacy and wine-making's perils. Kusuda enters the world of Japanese winemaker, Hiro Kusuda, during a particularly challenging harvest at his vineyard in Martinborough, New...
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...
Living Like Kings The Christchurch Earthquake turns disaster into luxury living for a group of homeless people. The Christchurch Earthquake left the majority of its population devastated, but for a small group of homeless people, disaster brought...
When Nobody Was Looking An entomologist takes on the 1970s New Zealand Government uncovering institutional racism and child abuse. Dr. Oliver Sutherland discovers disturbing cases of abused children in state care, including imprisonment and torture of children as young...
The Barter Barber An adventurous barber, encouraging men to open up about mental health, must confront his own challenges. After losing four friends to suicide, crisis trained barber Sam Dowdall embarks on a road trip to change the current...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Imagine the World is Ending Two schoolboys channel poetic frustrations about their inherited world into spoken word. Imagine the World is Ending is a visual interpretation of a blisteringly powerful poem written and performed by two schoolboys...
Today Life inside a South Auckland rest home offers a deep, intimate view of daily existence. Today follows the passing of time for residents and workers of a South Auckland rest home and offers an intimate...
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...
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....
Shred At 18, Hayden's pursuit of bodybuilding perfection challenges family bonds and questions social media's masculine ideals. When 18-year-old Hayden enters a bodybuilding contest, his intensive training schedule and strict calorie requirements are not only tough on...