Maori Movies

  • 1961
    Two Loves

    Two Loves

    Two Loves

    4.91961HD

    American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her...

    Two Loves
  • 1970
    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara

    01970HD

    Stories of Waitara combines oral histories, state of the art animations and powerful dramatic re-enactments to bring to life the narratives of Te...

    NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara
  • 1996
    Peach

    Peach

    Peach

    6.51996HD

    Lucy Lawless stars in this short which predated her rise to fame as Xena Princess Warrior. Sal is in a relationship going nowhere with Mog, a...

    Peach
  • 2023
    We Are Still Here

    We Are Still Here

    We Are Still Here

    52023HD

    In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19th century, the present day and a strange,...

    We Are Still Here
  • 2024
    The Lascar

    The Lascar

    The Lascar

    02024HD

    At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under...

    The Lascar
  • 2010
    Kawa

    Kawa

    Kawa

    5.52010HD

    A psychological drama of a family in crisis. Kawa, a successful Māori businessman in Auckland, New Zealand, is forced to reveal his lifelong...

    Kawa
  • 2020
    Rurangi

    Rurangi

    Rurangi

    102020HD

    After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to...

    Rurangi
  • 1996
    Flight of the Albatross

    Flight of the Albatross

    Flight of the Albatross

    7.21996HD

    After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably...

    Flight of the Albatross
  • 2015
    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    02015HD

    Two decades on from Cinema of Unease, Tim Wong’s essay film contemplates the prevailing image of a national cinema while privileging some of...

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema
  • 1986
    Arriving Tuesday

    Arriving Tuesday

    Arriving Tuesday

    6.51986HD

    Monica arrives back from her big overseas experience to find her boyfriend Nick unchanged. Although Nick styles himself an artist, he is really...

    Arriving Tuesday
  • 1988
    Mauri

    Mauri

    Mauri

    6.51988HD

    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...

    Mauri
  • 2018
    Broken

    Broken

    Broken

    6.22018HD

    Logan, an ex-gang leader, has left the gang life to raise his daughter Tori. But when Tori is murdered by an opposing gang in town, Logan must choose...

    Broken
  • 1991
    Te Rua

    Te Rua

    Te Rua

    61991HD

    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...

    Te Rua
  • 2009
    Warbrick

    Warbrick

    Warbrick

    02009HD

    This short follows Joe Warbrick (Calvin Tuteao), captain of the New Zealand Natives rugby team, as he tries to rouse his battle-weary players to head...

    Warbrick
  • 1940
    Rewi's Last Stand

    Rewi's Last Stand

    Rewi's Last Stand

    41940HD

    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...

    Rewi's Last Stand
  • 1980
    Bastion Point: Day 507

    Bastion Point: Day 507

    Bastion Point: Day 507

    01980HD

    Merata Mita, Leon Narbey and Gerd Pohlmann’s powerful documentary Bastion Point: Day 507 depicts the eviction of protestors from Bastion Point...

    Bastion Point: Day 507
  • 1986
    Mark II

    Mark II

    Mark II

    6.51986HD

    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...

    Mark II
  • 1986
    Sylvia

    Sylvia

    Sylvia

    6.51986HD

    New Zealand chronicle of the life of noted writer and teacher, Sylvia Ashton-Warner. An interesting look at the unusual teaching methods she used...

    Sylvia
  • 1987
    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

    01987HD

    In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by...

    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
  • 1935
    Hei Tiki

    Hei Tiki

    Hei Tiki

    01935HD

    Hei Tiki, also known as Primitive Passions and Hei Tiki: A Saga of the Maoris, is a 1935 American mock-documentary film made in New Zealand by the...

    Hei Tiki