Σε φτωχικό προάστιο του Όκλαντ της Νέας Ζηλανδίας ζει η οικογένεια των Χέκε. Ο πατέρας, Τζέικ, είναι ένας βίαιος άντρας που του αρέσει να μεθάει, αλλά παρόλα αυτά, αγαπάει την οικογένεια του. Η μητέρα, η Τζέικ, σηκώνει το ψυχολογικό φορτίο του σπιτιού. Το μεγάλο αγόρι ετοιμάζεται να μπει σε συμμορία, ενώ το μικρότερο έχει ήδη προβλήματα με την αστυνομία. Η πιο τραγική, όμως, περίπτωση είναι αυτή του κοριτσιού που ονειρεύεται μια καλύτερη ζωή.

Στις ανατολικές ακτές της Νέας Ζηλανδίας, ο γιος του αρχηγού της φυλής των Μαορί χάνει στη γέννα τη γυναίκα του και το αγοράκι από τα δίδυμα παιδιά του. Απογοητευμένος φεύγει για το εξωτερικό και αφήνει το νεογέννητο κοριτσάκι, την Πάι, να μεγαλώσει με τον παππού και τη γιαγιά της. Δώδεκα χρόνια αργότερα η Πάι αγωνίζεται να αποδείξει στον παππού της πως μπορεί να γίνει αρχηγός της φυλής της παρά το γεγονός πως είναι κορίτσι... Ένα νέο κορίτσι αντιμετωπίζει το παρελθόν, αλλάζει το παρόν και κατευθύνει το μέλλον.

Ο Πωλ, φωτορεπόρτερ του πολεμικού ρεπορτάζ, επιστρέφει στη γενέτειρά του στη Ν.Ζηλανδία, μετά το θάνατο του πατέρα του και βρίσκεται αντιμέτωπος με το παρελθόν του. Γνωρίζει τη 16χρονη Σίλια, κόρη της πρώτης του αγάπης, που διψά να γνωρίσει τον κόσμο πέρα απο τα στενά όρια της μικρής κωμόπολης. Όλοι αντιδρούν ενάντια στη φιλία που αναπτύσεται μεταξύ τους. Όταν η Σίλια εξαφανίζεται, ο Πωλ είναι ο κύριος ύποπτος. Καθώς η γεμάτη βια και ένοχη αλήθεια έρχεται σταδιακά στην επιφάνεια, ο Πωλ αναγκάζεται να αντιμετωπίσει την τραγωδία που συγκλόνισε την οικογένεια του και την προδοσία που στοίχειωσε τη νιότη του και τον έσπρωξε μακριά απο τον τόπο του. Η σιωπή θα σπάσει και τα μυστικά που έπνιγαν όλη την ενήλικη ζωή του θα αποκαλυφτούν...

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.

A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...

A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages.

A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life - his beautiful wife Celeste, baroness Aurora de Valday and an angel named Xas.

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.

Separated as children, three cousins with an unshakable bond confront their painful pasts and embark on an emotional journey to find each other.

Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at the restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a price, she agrees to marry another restaurant employee, a Chinese man, so that he can establish permanent residency. The money gives her the independence she needs to leave her parents' house and move in with Eddie. Complications arise when Eddie realizes the depth of her father's fury and the strength of Nina's family ties.

On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, leading to stormy emotions.

An island in spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun, top international artists, and tens of thousands of music fans from across the world! Idyllic...until unimaginable disaster strikes.

Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.

Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a car - whoever keeps their hand on it the longest wins. As the sleepless days wear by, what price will they pay for winning this competition?

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

In this epic story of humble heroes and Kiwi ingenuity, relive the glory and the magic of the America's Cup 1995, when Sir Peter Blake carved out New Zealand's identity as innovators and world class sailors.

Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.