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A young Māori girl gets her period for the first time and has to decide between getting pads for herself or a gift for her younger brother's...
Super Special
Inspired by an ancient Māori story in which nature intermingles with a child’s love, Washday depicts – with tremendous sensitivity...
Washday
After a successful raid and having captured a rival village's leader, a war party must drag their huge canoe or "Taua" through the forest to reach...
Taua
Sisters Tia and Ina are far from home. Tia is steadfast and protective of free-spirited Ina. Tia is focused on each labouring job ahead of them....
fire in the water, fire in the sky
Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand’s most famous Māori poet, leaves a legacy to the granddaughter he left behind. To reconnect, she writes a love...
Wind Song and Rain - a short documentary
Ka mua ka muri
Kala Kunbolk follows women of Gunbalanya, Arnhem Land, in their quest to preserve their age old tradition of collecting pandanus leaves and natural...
Kala Kunbolk (Colour Country)
This performance-based film could potentially be filed under 'Pasifika tribal fusion'. Cinematographer Waka Attewell captures the talents of...
Ahi Ataahua
This footage of the 1984 hīkoi (march) to Waitangi was made by Merata Mita with the intention of producing a documentary about this historic...
March
The spirit of a person killed in a motorway accident runs through forest and beaches on its journey to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Rēinga). En route...
Te Rerenga Wairua
In this poetic short film, writer/director/songwriter Kararaina Rangihau tells a story of great significance to the Tūhoe people. Unfolding...
My Weaponry
This is not Dying is an experimental film by Nova Paul which she describes as a love song to her whānau (family). Filmed on the artist’s...
This is Not Dying
Roimata, a young Maori woman from the East Coast, travels to the city to meet her half-sister Girlie. Introduced to gang members, the scene is set...
Roimata
A story of drug addiction, Māori wahine, and the power of recovery.
There Is Another Way
Hands tap, tracing patterns on rocks. These mineral-rich instruments are collaborators for a sonic performance, the landscape in Aotearoa listens.
Two Stones
The film told the Māori legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. It is the first dramatic feature film produced in New Zealand.
Hinemoa
Nooroa Baker goes out to collect a few ingredients to create a traditional Māori medicine that holds great Mana within and is at risk of being...
Cook Islands Maori Medicine
Apirana Ngata, Member of Parliament for Eastern Māori, was keen for the museum group to visit the East Coast to obtain records of his people of...
Scenes of Māori Life on the East Coast