House master
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Gordon Ward
On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroic escape but 29 remained unaccounted for. Over five days the men’s families and loved ones waited, hoping they would come out alive. Then two further explosions sealed the men’s fate. However, the fuse that would eventually snuff out so many lives was lit decades before. Set in the drama of the five days between the three explosions, Pike River reveals the tragic back story of the mine where pressure for profits would eventually contribute to the deaths of 29 men. Featuring interviews with the Pike River families and scripted drama to depict key events.
Do autor de "Encantadora de Baleias" (The Whale Rider), um conto de rivalidade familiar e reconciliação, no cenário deslumbrante da Nova Zelândia rural na década de 1960.
Duas famílias Maori, Mahana e Poata, fazem tosquia de ovelhas e vivem na costa leste da Nova Zelândia. Os dois clãs, que são amargos inimigos, enfrentam-se como rivais nas competições anuais de tosquia de ovelhas. Simeon é um descendente 14 anos do clã Mahana. Um estudante corajoso, ele se rebela contra seu avô autoritário Tamihana e seus modos tradicionais de pensar e começa a desvendar as razões para a disputa de longa data entre as duas famílias. Em pouco tempo, as hierarquias e estruturas existentes da comunidade estão em desordem por causa de Tamihana, que é tão teimoso como se orgulha de ser e não está disposto a aceitar e buscar novos caminhos.
Nigel Formosa
On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done countless times. What was meant to be an ordinary procedure turned into three of New Zealand’s darkest days and ended with one police officer dead, two officers critically injured and a member of the public fighting for his life. In some fifty hours Jan Molenaar made a permanent and devastating imprint upon the national psyche of New Zealand as he changed the lives of individuals, families, a police community, and a city. The siege was one of the worst and unexpected cases of violence both Napier and New Zealand had witnessed and it was all the more shocking because of its ordinary suburban backdrop.
Tony
Lily é extremamente tímida e trabalha como caixa em uma rede de fast-food. Um belo dia ela ganha de Jarrod um convite para uma festa anual conhecida como "Venha Vestido como seu Animal Preferido". Lá, ambos descobrem que têm muita coisa em comum.
Dr. Mitchel
In this science fiction B movie a photo-journalist, Stringer, returns to New Zealand only to find himself with a mystery chest scare and a plague like infection taking grip of the local community.
Baine's Lieutenant
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.
Tom Grainger
A 13 year old girl is raped and murdered in a small country town. Ten years later, the murderer is up for parole and the victim's father has vowed personal vengence if the killer is released. Sometime journalist, Lisa, is haunted by the crime and in confronting the killer she starts a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Richard
For the last two years, Ben has watched his best friend Phil have a sickeningly fantastic relationship with Maryann, the woman Phil snatched from under his nose. When Phil says he’s moving to Australia, this ‘perfect’ relationship starts to fall apart. Maryann asks Ben to fix things up. Unfortunately the more time Ben spends with Maryann, the more he’s attracted to her.
