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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
The Weedfish A hunt for the rare Weedfish in fading New Zealand kelp forests leads to a profound underwater journey. Our waters are under threat. In a bold attempt to defend them, two marine researchers and photographers embark on a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kotuku Rerenga Rua One man's revival through the profound power of heritage and connection. Kotuku Rerenga Rua follows Kotuku Tibble’s struggle for love and redemption as he battles through physical and spiritual illness to...
#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...
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...
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...
MEME Me The ‘Nek Minnit’ guy confronts the meme that defined him. The man who became a meme, Levi Hawken, recalls his joke that birthed a viral catchphrase. Living with a rare...
Water Baby Freediving stars William Trubridge and Sachiko Fukumoto are determined to welcome their baby into their oceanic realm. Unable to give birth in the ocean, their favourite place, freediving superstars William Trubridge and Sachiko Fukumoto return to William’s...