Te Rerenga Wairua (1984)

Em meados do século XIX, Ada é uma mulher muda que tem uma filha - Flora. Para um casamento arranjado ela deixa sua terra natal, a Escócia, acompanhada de sua filha e seu amado piano. A vida nas florestas densas de uma ilha ao sul da Nova Zelândia e o relacionamento com seu marido Stewart não são o que ela esperava. Quando Stewart vende o piano para seu vizinho, George, Ada sofre muito. George diz que pode lhe devolver o piano se ela o ensinar a tocar. A princípio Ada ignora George, mas lentamente o relacionamento deles se transforma, levando-os a uma situação perigosa.

Um drama sobre uma família maori em Auckland, Nova Zelândia. Lee Tamahori conta a história da forte vontade de Beth Heke de manter sua família unida durante os períodos de desemprego e abuso de seu marido violento e alcoólatra.

O ano é 1984 e Michael Jackson é rei até em Waihau Bay, Nova Zelândia. Aqui encontramos Boy, um garoto de 11 anos, que vive numa fazenda com sua Avó, uma cabra e seu irmão mais novo, Rocky, que acha que tem poderes mágicos. Pouco depois de sua Avó sair por uma semana, o Pai de Boy, Alamein, aparece do nada. Tendo imaginado uma versão heroica de seu Pai durante sua ausência, Boy fica cara a cara com a versão real de um bandido incompetente que voltou para encontrar um pacote de dinheiro que havia enterrado anos atrás. É aí onde entra a cabra.

Na década de 1860, durante a colonização britânica na Nova Zelândia, vive Sarah O’Brien (Samantha Morton) e sua família. O local está em meio à guerra entre os invasores europeus e os Maori, os habitantes da ilha antes da chegada dos forasteiros. Em uma sangrenta batalha entre os dois lados o filho de Sarah é levado pelos Maori. Após muitos anos anos percorrendo as tribos do país Sarah finalmente consegue reencontrá-lo, mas agora ele está inteiramente adaptado à cultura maori. Trata-se do início da batalha de Sarah para reconquistar seu próprio filho.

Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig's funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.

Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wirepa, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden “Dead Lands” and forge an uneasy alliance with a mysterious warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.

An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang. Written by Filmfinders 1903. A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of NZ with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against that of the other. Written by Anonymous

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.

Na década de 1970, Merata Mita (1942-2010) rompeu barreiras de raça, classe e gênero para se tornar a primeira mulher maori a escrever e dirigir um longa-metragem. Ela se tornou uma das cineastas mais conhecidas da Nova Zelândia e uma voz poderosa para os povos indígenas de todo o mundo. Neste filme, o filho mais novo de Merata, Hepi, cria um retrato íntimo de sua falecida mãe. Com base em imagens do trabalho da diretora, bem como em entrevistas com ela antes de pegar uma câmera, Hepi captura Merata como cineasta, mãe, esposa e mentora.

A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Both men are in Berlin where the carvings are stored in a museum. Plans go awry when a group that Peter has assembled breaks into the museum. Rewi persuades the others to let him put his own, more daring plan into action. Tensions build and international media interest broadens when a sniper's bullet hits Peter.

This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi’s 6 February 1840 signing. The production drops the usual solemnity surrounding Aotearoa’s founding document, and uses humour and asides to camera to evoke the chaos and motives behind its signing. Written by Gavin Strawhan, with Witi Ihimaera, What Really Happened screened on TVNZ for Waitangi Day 2011. Peter Burger won Best Director - Drama/Comedy at the 2011 Aotearoa TV Awards for his work. (from nzonscreen.com)

Kawariki deve se tornar o líder da família depois que seu pai se aposenta neste drama íntimo. Marido e pai, ele percebe que, para liderar com integridade, ele deve se mostrar honesto com a própria vida, mesmo que isso teste os limites da aceitação e do amor incondicional. Oferecendo informações valiosas sobre as tradições maoris, os ideais da família e os valores culturais, essa estréia é rica e texturizada com camadas emocionais e paisagens deslumbrantes da Nova Zelândia.

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.

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.

Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of their own and, despite Robert's chivalrous defence, is taken by them and must help them prepare for war. Robert likewise must do his patriotic duty and enlists to fight on the other side. He volunteers to ride despatch, thinking it may give him an opportunity to see Ariana again, which it does, but their joy is short-lived; Maniapoto women fight beside their men, and furthermore she is a Rangitira (noble) and will not let her people down. The climax is the siege of Oraku Pa where 300 Maori hold off 2000 troops for three days. The Maniapoto are defeated, but Ariana, although wounded, survives to be reunited with Robert.

A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.

Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.

A Maori warrior comes upon the aftermath of a battle to find that the only survivor is a wounded enemy soldier. His wishes to avenge his fallen countrymen by finishing off this helpless enemy but the gods won't allow it (as conveyed to him through a spirit bird). Anguished that he must instead treat the soldier's wounds, he's further repelled by the soldier's incessant homosexual advances. Slowly and surprisingly, a change comes over the warrior to accept the soldier's advances, but the war all too soon intrudes upon them.

Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from drug dealers, whom he had crossed. Various mini-adventures occurs as they make their way down the North Island, but it all comes to a head while visiting a cousin. Finally, they, the drug dealers and the police all come together, with the expected fights and arrests.

Após a morte de uma criança, oito mulheres Maori são confrontadas pela culpa, orgulho e frustração, mas irão arriscar tudo pelo bem maior de sua comunidade.